Is It OK For Your Kids To Pretend To Shoot Each Other?

Every day, my kid gets home from school, hangs up his backpack and goes to play outside. We’re lucky enough to live on 20 acres, with plenty of trails, tunnels and trees to explore. He never heads outside without a few things: His fanny pack, which keeps his glucose monitor for his diabetes. A whistle, in case he gets lost. And a gun. Not a real one — he’s nine. But a cap gun, or a Nerf gun or a stick that looks vaguely like a gun. The boy loves guns. I don’t love guns. It’s hard to do so in a country in which they’re used to slaughter innocent people every day, especially children. For awhile, I was really worried. So I did some research and talked to parents from the past three generations to understand why violence appeals to children. <a href="https://medium.com/dose/is-it-ok-for-your-kids-to-pretend-to-shoot-each-other-fc5e9c7ea475">Visit Now</a>