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Guns & Boys
roses25
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Aiden's in another lovely 3 year phase of his. His new thing is guns, and I haven't a clue why it's so big all of the sudden. About a week ago, when Aiden got mad at me he told me I'm going to shoot you. I haven't heard him say that when he's mad again, but he plays pretend guns. He makes a stick into a gun and will say I'm shooting you. I heard him say that to his babysitter's husband today.
I asked the babysitter if they had any guns in the house and made sure if they did that they were locked up. So we should be good there. I don't know where he's picking it up from. He doesn't go to preschool. I don't watch Law and Order until after he goes to bed and that's the only show I watch with guns in it. When this first started I hadn't even been watching Law & Order as I shut off the netflix for the summer. The babysitter says he just watches mickey mouse there, but she doesn't think it has guns in it. Can anyone here confirm that Mickey Mouse doesn't have any guns in it? He watches Cauiou (spelling) and Barney here, but that's pretty much it. His TV is limited to PBS kids shows here at home.
Is the gun thing just something that 3 year old boys naturally pick up as part of their play? What would you say or do when your 3 year old pretends he's shooting someone? I've talked to him about the dangers of guns and how we never touch a gun since this has started.
I asked the babysitter if they had any guns in the house and made sure if they did that they were locked up. So we should be good there. I don't know where he's picking it up from. He doesn't go to preschool. I don't watch Law and Order until after he goes to bed and that's the only show I watch with guns in it. When this first started I hadn't even been watching Law & Order as I shut off the netflix for the summer. The babysitter says he just watches mickey mouse there, but she doesn't think it has guns in it. Can anyone here confirm that Mickey Mouse doesn't have any guns in it? He watches Cauiou (spelling) and Barney here, but that's pretty much it. His TV is limited to PBS kids shows here at home.
Is the gun thing just something that 3 year old boys naturally pick up as part of their play? What would you say or do when your 3 year old pretends he's shooting someone? I've talked to him about the dangers of guns and how we never touch a gun since this has started.
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And Mickey Mouse Club House does NOT have guns in it.
I read many write ups about gun play, and for me it came down to this: gun play is imaginative play. I won't stifle imaginative play I think it's good for him to create scenarios in his mind and act them out. at his age it's all about good guys and bad guys (the good guys always win! LOL). he also does sword play... and just like with guns, anything can become a sword (wrapping paper roll, Legos, a pretzel!)
I don't like guns, and will never have one in my house. but I really don't have a problem with imaginative play involving one.
here's a good link from PBS http://www.pbs.org/parents/raisingboys/aggression05.html
DS (7) - d#470
Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it.
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clearly there are many different answers to this - the key is to find what works for your family and go with it
DS (7) - d#470
Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it.