Laser quest for 7/8 year olds

[MrsLorimerlives]

ok AIBU to not want my nearly 8 year old going to laserquest? Regardless of gender I dont think that we should be encouraging children to shoot at their friends
I get that its great exercise, they should all run around, get muddy etc with their friends, its the shooting thing, I dont think its ok
Am I a spoilsport, should the invite be accepted, its a core group of friends included for a birthday party

YANBU to not let your child go to the party if you really feel uncomfortable with it. YABU if you tell the birthday child's parents your reasons though as you will come across as judgy. Just get something else in the diary and politely decline. My DS had a laser quest party last year and loved it as did his friends. No signs of him becoming a violent sociopath so far

My dd had a laser quest party for one of her birthdays so it's not just a boy thing. They run about and shoot lasers at each other and have fun

YABU my son's birthday party (8th) is laser tag. They are only guns by names they don't look like it. Its is just tag, not kill each other dead! They look like hand held speed guns. I take it you won't be allowing your son to join the military or the police either?

NC1990 How does outdoors laser tag work? Can you see the lasers? Baffled by the thought of it!

It's fun. Same as the indoor except you can't see the lasers (also more mud). Your gun beeps if you've hit the right spot on your target's armour or gun. If you're hit your gun deactivates for a few seconds and (depending on the set up) your armour vibrates.

DD was playing tag the other day as a warm up game at an activity, all good solid fun, then suddently the instructor pulled out a ball and they started having to throw it at each other.

I was horrified, okay not quite as bad as guns, but throwing missiles at each other is much more accessible, DD knows where to find rocks whereas a gun she'd struggle! I puller her out of there straight away.

Oh no, of course I didn't, kids aren't stupid they fully understand the difference between a game where you try and hit someone harmlessly and when you're trying to cause harm. You're bonkers, and what does Regardless of gender mean, does it mean you'd be okay giving your offspring a gun if their gender was different?

Better make sure your kid never plays tag in the playground, that's just another form of mock violence too.

Orrrrrrr... you could accept that mock violence is a standard part of every childhood, and most children grow up to be well-adjusted adults because their parents taught them the difference between mock and real violence and why the latter isn't OK, not because they carefully shielded them from any exposure to violence.

You had me going for a moment there sirfred I actually know a couple of people who think like that.

This is a wind up right?

It's a game. Kids have played shooting for a very long time it doesn't mean they are going to grow up and become violent

Oh come on OP! What do you think will happen?

My kids have all been laser tag /paintball fans and I’ve bought many a Nerf gun/Super Soaker for them. It’s harmless fun imho.