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UK: Nurseries are told playing with toy guns is good for boys
Submitted by ItsDan on Fri, 2007-12-28 22:15
I find this to be very encouraging news. Someone is actually looking at how certain interactions ACTUALLY affect boys, and not just making assumptions based off of some notion of political correctness. Article here.
'Playing with toy weapons helps the development of young boys, according to new Government advice to nurseries and playgroups.
Staff have been told they must resist their "natural instinct" to stop boys using pretend weapons such as guns or light sabres in games with other toddlers.
Fantasy play involving weapons and superheroes allows healthy and safe risk-taking and can also make learning more appealing, says the guidance.'
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..I think playing with toy
..I think playing with toy guns...Is better than spinning them out on ritalin at 6 yrs.old!!
Makes sense to me
Why wouldn't playing with toy weapons be good for a young boy? My nephew and I are always playing games where I'm the bad guy and he's the superhero, and usually a toy gun, or sword is invovled. He's the happiest child I know. That's a good sign that he's healthy mentally.
Evan AKA X-TRNL
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Nephew
Last year my sister didn't bitch when I bought my nephew a light saber. This christmas my sister finally caved and allowed my nephew to play with toy guns. My sister is comimg around. I remember when I had to sneak him to see Spiderman.
anthony
It's about time
Remember playing cops and robers growing up? I do! Our generation didn't grow up really shooting people did we? Also, the video games out now are all about shooting and killing but that's ok...playing with toy guns is not? What's the differance? It's about time. But really, does it take a "study" to have to figure that out? Come on!
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Don't celebrate yet
The British government speaks with forked tongue. Just look at this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=AKHG5CFQUBTYZQFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2007/12/27/netball127.xml
Now try to square that with the above report.
This "gender equality duty" is the latest attempt by our feminised leaders to brainwash us and enforce politically correct actions on the entire country in every walk of life. It will of course be interpreted exclusively as a one-way street, requiring males to stop acting in accordance with their natures and start doing exactly what feminists want them to do; while women will be able to carry on with their sexist practices just as before.
When will they ever learn that you cannot legislate human behaviour?
Civilisation: man's greatest, and most unappreciated, gift to women
toddlers and guns
Surely this has been knocked on the head already by the teachers union.They say it promotes aggression.Correct me if I am wrong but I understand the fem teachers have vetoed it out of hand,mind you ===if it were knitting