7 year old received nerf gun for birthday!

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Anonymous wrote:I would be furious at the parent who thought this was an acceptable gift.

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Anonymous wrote:I would be furious at the parent who thought this was an acceptable gift.

Me too

you two must live a pretty charmed life then. i don't buy toy guns for my kids either, but I wouldn't be annoyed at all if they received them as gifts. not everyone has the same rules as we do, and I don't expect every parent in my kids' class to know exactly what I would or wouldn't buy for my kids. this is not a real problem. if you don't like it then have some backbone and tell your child that in our family we don't play with those kinds of toys and then trash it. or just let him/her play with it for a couple weeks and then they'll forget about it.

The parent buying a toy gun for a birthday must first think that not everyone has the same taste. When in doubt, the parent is welcome to ask what the birthday boy/girl is into nowadays.

[Anonymous]

This MUST be your first/only child. It's really cute. But it's inevitable, so just breathe and go with it. I promise it will be okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys are exactly like the Fundies you're so eager to sneer at. "OMG a gun!!!" "OMG, someone gave my DD a pair of pants!"

Seriously lol!!! You make an excellent point!

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe the amount of hand wringing by some of the uber-protective mommies around here. Toy guns are not a gateway drug to the real thing.

NP here. I think this point is worth a second look. If our goal is to raise children with a deep respect for human life and the damage guns can inflict, is avoiding toy guns a necessary prerequisite for that? If so, why? I'm sure we could have a conversation about highly realistic toy guns, but I'm talking about Nerf guns and colored plastic water pistols.

So it's safe to say that you believe that abortion should be made illegal, right? You couldn't possibly be pro choice with this point of view.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are exactly like the Fundies you're so eager to sneer at. "OMG a gun!!!" "OMG, someone gave my DD a pair of pants!"

Seriously lol!!! You make an excellent point!

Are you ill?? There's a difference between pants and a toy gun.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be furious at the parent who thought this was an acceptable gift.

Me too

you two must live a pretty charmed life then. i don't buy toy guns for my kids either, but I wouldn't be annoyed at all if they received them as gifts. not everyone has the same rules as we do, and I don't expect every parent in my kids' class to know exactly what I would or wouldn't buy for my kids. this is not a real problem. if you don't like it then have some backbone and tell your child that in our family we don't play with those kinds of toys and then trash it. or just let him/her play with it for a couple weeks and then they'll forget about it.

The parent buying a toy gun for a birthday must first think that not everyone has the same taste. When in doubt, the parent is welcome to ask what the birthday boy/girl is into nowadays.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are exactly like the Fundies you're so eager to sneer at. "OMG a gun!!!" "OMG, someone gave my DD a pair of pants!"

Seriously lol!!! You make an excellent point!

Are you ill?? There's a difference between pants and a toy gun.

No, I'm very healthy. Have you ever heard of an analogy before?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys are exactly like the Fundies you're so eager to sneer at. "OMG a gun!!!" "OMG, someone gave my DD a pair of pants!"

Seriously lol!!! You make an excellent point!

Are you ill?? There's a difference between pants and a toy gun.

No, I'm very healthy. Have you ever heard of an analogy before?

Go refresh your brain. A mentally healthy person doesn't promote guns in children.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not ask a parent if they are ok with it rather than getting it and causing an issue? I would not allow them in my home and if I find out my kid is playing with them in your home, they will not be going back. Its not ok given the world we live in.

You sound like a crazy! Guess your kid is going to be staying home by himself. Every playdate my kid has ever had they had nerf guns at the home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, they're so much fun!

I'll pass on one poster's message a few weeks ago on DCUM whose husband is an ER doc. He treated a boy who lost his eye after being shot at point-blank range with a nerf bullet. Depending on the model your child received, some of these guns have stupendous air pressure.

So enjoy *safely*.

I went to college with a guy who lost his eye from a ruler. We should issue goggles to kids to wear during class.

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By your logic OP, all the little girls who are dressing up in makeup and glitter, and trashy dress up clothes are going to grow up and become hookers then?

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I think you let him play with it with rules. My son was obsessed with nerf guns until we let him have one. He played with it for a week.

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Anonymous wrote:By your logic OP, all the little girls who are dressing up in makeup and glitter, and trashy dress up clothes are going to grow up and become hookers then?

The ones wearing feline patterns might become hookers, too. You never know.

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Anonymous wrote:OFFS
My 3 year old uses sticks as guns at the park. It's ingrained male behavior.

Well that isn't true at all. Do you live in West Virginia backwoods?

A nerf gun isn't a big deal though. It isn't a real fake gun.

I'm not that poster but my son does it in Vienna. Most little boys do at some point. To the other posters, nerf guns are all over the place here, too. The kids play in the yards. It's harmless.