Would you allow your 14YO to have this on their bag?

[ChiefWiggumsBoy]

DTS2, just turned 14 last week and received an Amazon voucher. With it, he bought the attached patch to stick onto his school bag.

He bought it because he’s an avid COD player, but it can’t help thinking it looks a bit…worrying? I was trying to give him a little more freedom with his purchases, but I’m struggling to find this appropriate, especially for school.

(I have already told him it’s not appropriate for school).

Can you explain to me how your 14 year old managed to buy this, considering that under 18s can't have Amazon accounts?

Thanks OP it's a new one to me !

It's not fine for a weekend beag. A child should not have a badge promoting violence. It's guns for gods sake, nothing acceptable about it

Suggest he reads up on Dunblane 😔

Not unless he wants to ent up being referred to Prevent. If he wears a trench coat double worry.

No.

Agree with the first point but not the second. He'd likely be told it was inappropriate and and not to bring it again but that would be that.

No that would not be that (unless the school are seriously shit) @immergeradeaus is right, this would be flagged via safeguarding

A lot of ❄️ on here. Love it

DD and DS also go to similar schools in the same city. Neither would feel threatened by that badge, or uncomfortable, but it’d definitely get an eyeroll at best, and be seen as weird and uncool.

That's awful. I couldn't allow this.

It's fine.

Nope

Not a chance. But the kids know what my reaction would be and they hate those kinds of lectures because they don't stop until the message sinks in.

It doesn't look game-ie it looks gun shoot out. So regardless of his interpretation it's not clear to others, would be my starter for 10.

I wouldn’t be happy.

In any case, the effective range of the gun in silhouette is over a mile, so it’s a bit meaningless.

If you live in the UK I’d not think it’s that weird.

US I’d think it was inappropriate

First time I’ve been accused of being a troll ‘because twins’! They’re identical too!

I’m amazed you think this is trollery because I’ve described two different children who have two different interests?! As it happens, they both like shoot em ups and Harry Potter.

@Hallyup14 he had an Amazon voucher which he applied to my account, and went through the checkout. Normally he asks but I guess on this occasion he thought it was ok to complete on his own. Both he and his brothers are logged into my Amazon account which they add things to periodically. It’s his loss of £5.49 or whatever.