Toy guns

[x-kirsty-x]

Do you agree with children playing with toy guns, knives etc?

Personally I wont let Josh have them but OH and my friends think Im being a bit over protective.

Surely someone agrees with me. There are kids killing kids with guns these days, it aint playing anymore, its real life and I dont want my son growing up assuming guns are play things.

Whats your opinion?

 

[mary70]

i was dead against it hun when i had my son and wouldnt let him have a gun but i went out one day when he was about 2 and a half and he was playing with another boy from next door and they had got sticks going bang bang so i dont think you can really stop them and i think its all part of growing up.If only we lived in an ideal world

 

[budge]

my kids love to play with swords and bows and arrows. They pretend to be pirates etc.

 

[beanie]

Do you agree with children playing with toy guns, knives etc?

Personally I wont let Josh have them but OH and my friends think Im being a bit over protective.

Surely someone agrees with me. There are kids killing kids with guns these days, it aint playing anymore, its real life and I dont want my son growing up assuming guns are play things.

Whats your opinion?

I agree with you

 

[Urchin]

I was always dead against it but with water pistols and stuff you can't really avoid it.

Mason got bought 2 electronic "laser" type guns that shoot each other so it's a bit like laserquest. It's kinda fun actually.

 

[budge]

i don't like guns though. i haven't seen any in the shops for years though.
my dad makes mine their swords and bows and arrows

 

[x-kirsty-x]

Oh yeah, Josh has things that shoot out discs and stuff, I dont have a problem with them.

I just dont like the ones that are made to look exactly like real ones. Maybe Im just too over protective

 

[budge]

Oh yeah, Josh has things that shoot out discs and stuff, I dont have a problem with them.

I just dont like the ones that are made to look exactly like real ones. Maybe Im just too over protective

its not a case of being over protective as not feeling it appropriate.

i don't think anyone really thinks guns are a good id-ea nowadays.

 

[laetitia85]

Do you agree with children playing with toy guns, knives etc?

Personally I wont let Josh have them but OH and my friends think Im being a bit over protective.

Surely someone agrees with me. There are kids killing kids with guns these days, it aint playing anymore, its real life and I dont want my son growing up assuming guns are play things.

Whats your opinion?

i'm with you

 

[foxymum]

i'm with you kirsty too, i would NEVER buy Josh a toy gun never.
my nephew has loads & until Josh saw them round there, he'd never taken any notice of them, but he knew what to do with it.
i agree & don't ever change your opinion or think you're too soft/over protective just because people you know disagree, i get this a lot, but i stick to what i believe in & would never budge what ever people think of me.

 

[x-kirsty-x]

i'm with you kirsty too, i would NEVER buy Josh a toy gun never.
my nephew has loads & until Josh saw them round there, he'd never taken any notice of them, but he knew what to do with it.
i agree & don't ever change your opinion or think you're too soft/over protective just because people you know disagree, i get this a lot, but i stick to what i believe in & would never budge what ever people think of me.

Thanks hun

 

[fifi211]

I must admit I don't like seeing kids play with guns etc and I never bought any for Jamie, but someone bought him a cowboy outfit and it had a toy gun in a holster and he didn't know what it was and what to do with it, so I discreetly got rid. He still dressed up as a cowboy though, just one without a gun.

 

[Misslarue]

I don't know..........I'm torn
Obviously I don't want my son to grow up thinking its ok to kill. But both my brothers (and a whole generation) grew up playing with guns and swords and they grew up perfectly 'normal' and only a small (disturbed) percentage grew up unhinged. Was it the toy guns/games/swords???? Or just their own mentality?
I'll be interested in replies as Dan isn't at that stage, but it won't be long! Its a toughie

(PS Urchin: laserquest is cool. We all went for my 26th birthday, so much fun lol)

 

[Misslarue]

don't ever change your opinion or think you're too soft/over protective just because people you know disagree

BTW Kirsty, I totally agree with this. I won't let Dan eat nothing but organic food. No chocolate, sweets etc. If people that smoke come to my house, I make them change their clothes and wash up. I've been told I'm irrational. Bullsh1t! I'm his mum and I do what's best for my son. Sod anyone else, don't feel bad for doing what you think is right for your child

 

[enn]

if i had a boy wouldnt let him play with them.

whos knows what will happen when their older

 

[Urchin]

Oh Mason hasn't got any that actually look like guns. I'd never get him a proper looking gun like a toy rifle or anything, i hate them.

 

[rhian85]

Do you agree with children playing with toy guns, knives etc?

Personally I wont let Josh have them but OH and my friends think Im being a bit over protective.

Surely someone agrees with me. There are kids killing kids with guns these days, it aint playing anymore, its real life and I dont want my son growing up assuming guns are play things.

Whats your opinion?

totaly agree with u kirsty christopher may only be 10mths but he will not be playing with toy guns/knives or any other offensive toy...considering todays society i dont want him growing uop playing with these kind of toys.