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Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:17:15 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> As you can tell from this he's been brought up in a "we don't play with toy
> guns because guns are real things that kill people" environment, both at
> home and at childcare and Kindergarten (it became an issue outside the home
> first and we followed on with it).
First off, explain that yes, guns are designed to kill, but they have lots of
other important uses too. See:
http://www.stentorian.com/2ndamend/leaflets/guns.html
> This does not however
> stop the fascination with imaginary guns and "blowing things up" which
> I'm not aware of him being exposed to and so must be an innate 4 year old
> small action boy thing.
Kids will make "guns" out of their fingers and swords and rifles out of
sticks. It really just seems to fascinate even the most peaceful children.
> So what do other parents do with Lego guns or is it not an issue?
Maybe you could look for other ways to use them as building elements, having
your Minifigs beating their swords and guns into plowshares...
Will
(Of course, then, the blockmen would come in with their evil looking M-16
rifles and take over the town, but that really belongs in off-topic.debate or
in the clones group.)
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