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would this concern you or not??

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oops · 18/10/2007 21:41

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hana · 18/10/2007 21:43

not much you can really do about it really
these reception boys may have older brothers/cousins/neighbours

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oops · 18/10/2007 21:49

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hoxtonchick · 18/10/2007 21:52

ds is in year 1 now but has pretty similar last year oops. seems like most boys do it. but he is an absolute love with his little sister (similar age to your ds2 i think, she's 2 and a bit), & a random stranger told me yesterday how good he was with little ones. so i just try & ignore it & hope he gets it out of his system when he's at school. i don't like it either though.

screaminghousewife · 18/10/2007 21:57

Think it's a boy thing tbh, ds and his friends were obsessed by guns and shooting (despite my loathing of the subject) but he's managed to get to his teens without shooting or maiming anyone.
You'll be relieved to hear he's grown out of it.

shimmy · 18/10/2007 22:06

such a normal boy thing. I vowed never to let my boys have guns or play shooting.

Well...

The slippery slope starts with water pistols, light sabres and plastic swords. Soon you'll be worrying if lego guns are acceptable. Before you know it your darling pfb will be dressed in camouflage gear weilding a kalashnikov.

If you find a way of avoiding it please let me know. The only principles I have left now are to tell my boys that I don't like guns or playing shooting games.

Do they give a monkeys about my disapproval? Well, what do you think.

screaminghousewife · 18/10/2007 22:07

Camouflage gear wielding a Kalishnikov Pmsl!!
Never a truer word...

cazzybabs · 18/10/2007 22:14

They make guns even if they don't have any models. I hate guns and gum games too but you are fighting a losng battle!

Killing and death - they don't understand the terms.

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oops · 18/10/2007 22:20

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hoxtonchick · 18/10/2007 22:35

such a nice cafe isn't it oops. yes please to clissold park. i work monday & tuesday & we're pretty free otherwise. x

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oops · 18/10/2007 22:55

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hoxtonchick · 18/10/2007 23:28

have catted you .

cat64 · 18/10/2007 23:47

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christywhisty · 19/10/2007 08:26

I wouldn't worry about it. There was some research a few years ago that showed that boys that were allowed to build guns etc out of lego, were less likely to hit and be viloent towards other children than those that were stopped from doing so.
Boys will make them out of anything, even in a friends case out of a toy hairdryer.

Oblomov · 19/10/2007 08:37

Shimmy 's post LOL - Love it.
Ds is 3.9 and it has been going on , from his nursery for the last 2 months. Don't know what do do, so just let it go and say the occassional , well we don't shoot people.
Someone said that they will make a gun out of a toilet roll , or a twig, if they are that way inclined.
My friend at work, says that her nephews were refused them and not allowed to talk about them, and yet when they came to her house it was the first thing they went for and played with nothing else all afternoon.
I don't think there is an answer to this one.
I haven't seen the answer on MN before .............
do-do-do do

lljkk · 19/10/2007 18:57

I think this is start of all the outside influences your child will get in life... and for you to practice explaining to your child when you don't like something, in a way that convinces them that you have a point. At end of day, sometimes they have to try roles and things you don't like, but hopefully they will keep your teachings in back of their minds, so they can learn as they get older to filter out the stupid ideas.

NAB3 · 19/10/2007 19:07

I don't think you should be saying anything at all to your child about not liking the other kids. Surely it is what they are saying that you don't like?

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oops · 20/10/2007 01:04

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seeker · 20/10/2007 07:09

I think once they are "out in the world" like this, all you can do is insist on the behaviour you find acceptable while you're at home. I don't think you can police the way they play outside (within reason of course)

We don't have guns and I try to deflect shooting games whenever I can, but frankly it's a bit of a losing battle. I realized this when I saw a little boy machine-gunning his friends.....with a hobby horse!

I do every now and then do a little lecture about real guns being horrible and that they realy hurt and kill people - and I'm sure they understand at some level (hopeful emoticon)

ELR · 20/10/2007 07:27

my friend refused to let her son have guns we went over for lunch one day and he came running over saying shoot you shoot you, look ive made a gun!! it was made from the crusts of his sandwich , my mate went mental i just pmsl

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