[Ryan F.]

Just to offer a bit of a contrasting opinion here....I remember when I was little and the Lego mindstorms kits came out. I thought they were possibly the coolest things in the world...and wanted to get one. So I started saving up my pennies...(only would spend (1/4) of the money I had because I was "saving all that other money for college." I never got to my goal...only had about 40 bucks. Instead, I spent that on the Lego space shuttle. This spurred me and a friend to become obsessed with aircraft...we used to spend days and months drawing up ideas then trying to emulate them in Lego's. In fact...I swear the JSF team stole my idea for their lift fan (i put a ceiling fan in one of my aircraft so it could hover). I still talk with this friend who lives in Texas, and to this date both of us can think of nothing better than going into an aerospace related career. So the moral of the story here is...you might not have to get her something like the mindstorms kit. It may be cool...but there’s a point I think that it takes the imagination out of things. If you decide that your daughter isn't ready for the mindstorms kit, you might be surprised on how her ideas develop on her own.