hereorthere, you are talking about apples and oranges. I totally agree with you that kids have to know how to defend themselves (and when to run away), but that has ZERO to do with playing with toy guns and knives. They should be taught self-defense from an early age, and also how to carry themselves. But being aggressive because of playing aggressive games leads to violence often with trqgic consequences. Kids are too young to differentiate between what is play and what is real. They see violent cartoons and think that Wile E. Coyote gets up and walks away after being flattened by a boulder.
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