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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The glorification of policing to young kids is real and it's pretty pervasive. Shows, toys, even clothing--it's surprising how hard it can be to avoid clothes and toys that are cop-themed. You might not notice unless you're trying to avoid these themes.

Also, no it isn't. I wasn't particularly trying to avoid those themes five years ago when my son was a little kid, and he didn't have one single police themed item of clothing or toy. I know I've seen some lego themed police toys in stores, but my son was never into legos, so we never had any,

It's funny that you mention Lego, because they are among the biggest players in this. If you walk into a Target today and go look at the Lego aisle, you'll see what I mean. Almost everything that is not cross-branded with a movie is a police set.[/quote]

Ok, I'll take you at your word on that, since my son never liked it, I don't really know about Lego.  But, he never had any police-themed clothing or other police toys.  He mostly liked baseball stuff, and wanted to be a baseball player at the time.  Now, he wants to be a math professor, which is likely a better fit for him.[/quote]

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