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<blockquote data-quote="vicious" data-source="post: 2042107" data-attributes="member: 3937">I bought my children toy guns (boy and girl) and I taught them safety starting with them. I also showed them real guns from an early age and explained the differences. I bought them a BB gun fairly early on, 5 and 9 respectively, and they see it as a &quot;real gun&quot;. It&#039;s not a toy and isn&#039;t treated as such. I think that the mindset of education is what needs to be adopted, rather than trying to shield them from toys. Knowledge truly is power, at least in my opinion. I tend to shield my children to a point, but they have seen gratuitous sex and violence on TV, they watch the news with us. I want them to be kids, but at the same time I don&#039;t want them to be naive.It&#039;s your child and it&#039;s your responsibility to raise them the way you see fit. This is what works for me. I&#039;d like to say I have genuinely good kids, even though there are times that they drive me up the wall.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vicious, post: 2042107, member: 3937"] I bought my children toy guns (boy and girl) and I taught them safety starting with them. I also showed them real guns from an early age and explained the differences. I bought them a BB gun fairly early on, 5 and 9 respectively, and they see it as a "real gun". It's not a toy and isn't treated as such. I think that the mindset of education is what needs to be adopted, rather than trying to shield them from toys. Knowledge truly is power, at least in my opinion. I tend to shield my children to a point, but they have seen gratuitous sex and violence on TV, they watch the news with us. I want them to be kids, but at the same time I don't want them to be naive. It's your child and it's your responsibility to raise them the way you see fit. This is what works for me. I'd like to say I have genuinely good kids, even though there are times that they drive me up the wall. [/QUOTE]

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