Gun play

[theatokos]

This is a post for all those born male and for mothers of males.

If you are a male, did you play with guns? Did you turn non-gun items into imaginary guns? Do you think this is something innate in males? If not, where did you learn this behaviour from? As an adult male now do you have any parenting perspectives on this, or advice for the new mama of a male?

For mothers of males, do your sons play with guns or have gun play? If so, at what age did this start? Does this bother you? If so, how do you discourage this? Any thoughts for a new mama?

Comments

[ladyartemisa.livejournal.com]

i am sure your brother grew up to be a serial killer too. As we speak I am writing this from the federal pen for a clock tower incident.

[raving-liberal.livejournal.com]

He's actually all but finished his application process to become an FBI field agent. He failed the PT test the first time due to being 7 seconds too slow on his sprint -- because of pneumonia! He's currently a successful Cisco systems engineer w/ a degree from GA Tech. ;)

[ladyartemisa.livejournal.com]

obviously a failure.

[raving-liberal.livejournal.com]

He also became a homeowner at 23. The violence inherent in the system totally wrecked him. ;)

[ladyartemisa.livejournal.com]

I can see that. Thats the way it usually works. :p

[raving-liberal.livejournal.com]

He was the "good" one, though. We all think he was born in his mid-50s.