Talking to your kids about guns
Jan 20, 2015 20:49:00 GMT -5
Post by Lrachelle80 on Jan 20, 2015 20:49:00 GMT -5
DD1 has started to play guns. She's 3.5. I'm guessing she picked it up at school but don't know for sure. I asked her to stop and explained that guns hurt people, and that we don't play hurting games. She stopped for a minute, then replied, "Ok. This gun just shoots clouds. It doesn't hurt people."
I'm not sure what to do. I want her to have a healthy respect and fear of guns, so I don't like the idea of pretending that they don't hurt people (in my head I have this ridiculous and incredibly unlikely scenario of her an unattended gun and being like, "This one just shoots clouds!" and shooting someone or getting shot). As far as I know, we don't have any friends with guns, but with all the accidental shootings, I want to talk to her about guns and make it clear that she's not to touch them, and if she sees one, she needs to tell an adult ASAP. But also, I'm not going to ban her from water guns or nerf guns, so stopping her from playing "cloud" guns seems ridiculous.
Any ideas how to talk to her about this?
I'm not sure what to do. I want her to have a healthy respect and fear of guns, so I don't like the idea of pretending that they don't hurt people (in my head I have this ridiculous and incredibly unlikely scenario of her an unattended gun and being like, "This one just shoots clouds!" and shooting someone or getting shot). As far as I know, we don't have any friends with guns, but with all the accidental shootings, I want to talk to her about guns and make it clear that she's not to touch them, and if she sees one, she needs to tell an adult ASAP. But also, I'm not going to ban her from water guns or nerf guns, so stopping her from playing "cloud" guns seems ridiculous.
Any ideas how to talk to her about this?
