6/5/2023 0 Comments Battman water gun![]() ![]() Instead, we talk about how weapons can kill people, which makes people scared and upset, and they need to respect it if their friends don’t want to play those games. My kids turn sticks into guns, so telling them no gun play is a non-starter. No head shots for anything, and if someone doesn’t want to play, you don’t shoot/hit them. Brightly colored nerf guns and water guns are OK, like colored foam swords and shields. I have a timid daughter who is 100% girl, so I think I might get off the hook on a lot of the toy gun issues. I’d hesitate on something realistic looking. In theory, I support responsible gun ownership, but am becoming more and more realistic that too many people aren’t responsible.īright neon water guns are okay in book. I truly haven’t made up my mind on gun issues. But it will probably go to some of my male cousins, maybe my nephew (my dad’s only grandson) if he is interested. The bigger issue is when my dad is gone, he wants a lot of that stuff to stay in the family. We have no interest in guns or activities that involve guns so do not have any. I think he would stick leftovers out of reach in our garage or something if he even kept them. We almost only had it in season, and my dad usually kept it in his truck. I am not sure ammunition ever really even entered our house. But my dad, our relatives, and his friends are very responsible and taught us how to be responsible with them in the house. ![]() ![]() My dad also has some antique hunting guns from his grandparents. In addition, my grandfather was a policeman and had various handguns that were passed to his children as historical items. We routinely hosted family and friends in our home to hunt with my dad. I grew up with a dad and many extended family members who hunt. This is one subject where my background is so different than many opinions on this site. Keeping Kids From Toy Guns: How One Mother Changed Her Mind.Weapons Ban: Just How Bad Are Toy Guns for Kids?.Boys and Guns: What’s a Parent to Do?.Why Boys Love Guns, and What to Do About It.It’s Fine for Kids to Play With Pretend Guns.So, do tell: Do you let your kids play with water guns and other toy weapons? If not, why - and if so, what are your ground rules (and the conversations you’ve had with your kids about them)? Have you bought things like water guns or Nerf guns for your kids’ friends? If you prohibit toy guns at home and your child receives one as a gift (or gets one in a party favor bag) what do you do, and how do you explain it to your child? Many studies have drawn conclusions like that of this one, as summarized by Slate: “hen kids incorporate violence into their pretend play, they may learn how to control real violent impulses and regulate their emotions.” I’ll admit that I haven’t been motivated enough to do any Googling about the effects of playing with toy guns, and whether my uneasiness is warranted - and when I finally did, er, today, I learned that research hasn’t found a link between violent play as a child and violent behavior as an adult. If you prohibit them from playing with water guns and other weapon-like toys, won’t they just go and use them at a friend’s house and/or get invited to a “Nerf Wars” type of party for a friend’s birthday? (My son, who’s in primary school, has gone to two so far.) Or does it make a difference if you personally show your disapproval? Some parents just give up and go along with with the (stereotypical) reasoning that “Boys will turn anything into a gun anyway.” If we give our kids water guns and so on, should that enter at all into our conversations with them about, for example, why their school has lockdown drills? Do kids really look at violence or guns any differently when they play with toy guns. If you want to keep your kids away from toy guns, a total ban seems impossible. The kids’ parents didn’t know that we hadn’t given him any toy guns (I’m not a big fan), and in the end, we’ve let him play with the gifts (although we do have rules, such as “Don’t ever aim them at people or animals”). He’s been asking for a Nerf gun for a long time and was so excited to get one. so we thought it would be a good time to ask: Do you let your kids play with water guns and other toy weapons, such as Nerf guns?For his birthday last year, my son got one of those giant, Super Soaker-type of water guns (from a classmate), and this year for his birthday he received a Nerf gun (also from a friend - not us). It’s the season for outdoor water fun - swimming, running through sprinklers, etc. ![]()
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