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

[(Anonymous)]

As the sister of the above I can attest to her violent streaks, as being the younger sibling I often felt the brunt of this behavior!
I find water guns and etc, as long as they look like toys, are okay. I fine play guns that look like prototypes of real guns not okay, and irresponible. But I find its the parental involvement factor that decides which path playing with guns will take kids on. Also kids that torture, and harm animals as kids are the most likely to grow up with violent tendacies.

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

I love you, Sis, and I'm sorry for being such a nasty bully. I think I needed to be channeled better, especially when I was really young. I had a lot of energy! I hope to be more aware of this if B takes after me in this regard. I also think your real-ish vs pretend guns is a good idea.