Toy guns - OK or not??

[ladybird11]

Yes, I'm certainly not comfortable with them either - DH thinks I'm over reacting- but I have 'hidden' the toy gun - in the bottom of the rubbish bin , no one will miss it there!

[Rouge]

I think the thing to remember is, that toys are just a prop. The ideas about violence stem from television/movies, playgrounds, computer games and so forth. So the best way to combat violence in children and lets face it guns are violent, is to talk about it with your kids. And make sure the material you subject your children to is age appropriate. I think if you do one and not the other it's a waste of time. You can take away the violent props but they still have fists... KWIM?

[Lulu]

Mitch is only allowed to 'shoot' us with jellybeans, but he loaded his 'gun' with kisses yesterday....

[Phteven]

awwww, that's so sweet.

[Oorki Galoorki]

We dont have guns and i detest gun play!
but DS has picked up on how to play guns (from church! grr) but also now has clicked to call it other names if i ask what he is playing with but i will say that it looks the same and he knows our rules..
It frustrates me SOOO much that i seem to be not able to 'control' this type of play..

[Indadhanu]

Nope, not here, although they don't really need them to play. I have to have THE GUN TALK multiple times a day with the kids where i work, they don't even need a gun representation, even the noise alone is enough to play a shooting game!

[Artechim]

We do not play with guns or any shooting games here. DH has several firearms for hunting and will teach the children to use them under supervision and with all the safety precautions when they are old enough. We want them to know from the start that it is never alright to aim a gun at a person.
We are quite lucky here that there is a pre-schooler television channel which only has wholesome shows on like Postman Pat, Rupert Bear and Playskool type shows and no advertising so he has never been exposed to any shooting/violence off the telly. DS so far has never really pretended to shoot anything and absolutely loves helping DH clean the guns.

[~MummaBear~]

i cant stand toy guns but like most other children mine make them out of anything, lego, coathangers toilet rolls you name it my boys make them....they do know that anything the do make that points at someone and shts gets taken tho!