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Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 09:49:40 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, David Drew writes:
> The primary reaction to guns / weapons in the media, I would think, would
> not be to hide the existence of these devices from our children, but to
> teach them to have respect for life. Teach them to differentiate between
> real-life and fantasy.
I absolutely agree but as the parent of a younger child that does not
yet distinguish reliably between fantasy and reality this is very very
hard. Someone else essentially said this somewhere else in this
tangled thread (Pete C I think) and IMHO he's right. Until a child can
100% tell the difference, I don't think guns or other violent weapons are
suitable play things. IANACPE (I am not a child psychologist either) but
I'm under the impression that reality and imagination are quite entangled
until a fair bit older than 4. As I said when I started this thread
I have not yet decided whether or not the Lego guns will be returned when
my son is older, I'm glad of the feedback from both perspectives.
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> Would you parents that eliminate lego guns let your kids play with violent
> video games when your children reach teen-hood? I have played with these
> games since my early teens, and am by far a superior player in games such as
> Unreal Tournament and Quake 3, yet am one of the most non-violent people I
> know, because my parents emphasised the difference between real-life and the
> fantasy realm.
Until I have a teenager I don't know how I'll address the issue of violent
video games. Right now my impulse is to say I'd be disappointed if my
son wanted to play violent games/watch violent videos or whatever BUT (big
but) my little boy is 4 - and that's such a long way off. If you'd
asked me when he was a baby what I thought of 4 year olds and guns I would
have said "huh?", it's simply not something that is yet relevant to our
realm of existence (I hope you can see what I mean, I'm not explaining
this very well...)
Deidre
drb@tasmail.com
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| (...) It's not that far. Someone (not me, I never would have approved it) got Super Smash Brothers for Nik when he was 7. He likes it a lot which in fact is a large bit of a disappointment for me, as it has no redeeming value in my opinion. (Super (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| Hi, I don't quite see what the problem is with this issue. Why is it we let our kids play with toy guns, and not with toy knifes? Simple, it's because a child has a zero chance of getting its hands on a gun, but numerous knives are availiable around (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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