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Post by freecharlie on Jan 29, 2023 6:24:09 GMT
The camo/sniper is weird.
The neighborhood kids here played with nerf guns growing up and they had pretty much full run of the town. And unlike everybody else, they most certainly did shoot each other with them.
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johnnysmom
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Post by johnnysmom on Jan 29, 2023 14:06:30 GMT
We are in a slightly similar situation with DS7. In general guns are not permitted. He does have a pair of small see through water guns. DH has an airsoft rifle locked in a gun safe in our locked detached garage with the pellets stored separately. DS doesn’t even know he has it. We have taught him gun safety though and if he sees one laying out even if looks like a toy, he is to not touch it and tell a grown up. He has also reprimanded other kids for pointing at the face. Lately our problem is Roblox. DS is getting bullied because he isn’t allowed to play. We won’t allow him to play open online games that have chat features with other players. We feel it’s basic online safety for kids. We also do not allow games where you hurt people. He’s been fighting us hard over this. I just don’t get parents who promote violence in today’s world. I’m not up on my video games but Roblox seems pretty innocent, isn’t it? Depending on what system it’s on isn’t there a way to lock it down so he can only play with people you approve? |
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Post by needmysanity on Jan 29, 2023 14:25:26 GMT
When DS was about 3 he chewed his toast into a shape and began to act out shooting with his toast and I realized my battle was lost. toast, sticks, wrapping paper...they seem to gravitate toward guns. We never had play guns in the house but the boys had nerf guns galore. As soon as they were old enough, we took them to the shooting range and they took gun safety and were able to shoot guns there. They knew pretty early on when and where it was appropriate to handle a gun. We were also hypervigilant about gun cases being locked, guns having additional locks on them etc. My youngest actually took his NJROTC team to nationals in air rifle his Jr year of high school. He loves shooting but is also overly cautious of guns. Even his air rile never came out of his case unless he was at the range. |
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