I'm proud to say I never once gave my son a war toy and if her received any I always asked him to exchange it for something else - and he always obliged.
I too love the Pink ladies - the real meaning of female power. I'll never forget when I first learned of them. One of them jumped up during Congressional hearings and confronted Condi Rice about the lies to war. A photo of this pink warrior pointing her finger into the clearly guilty face of Rice made its way around.
I hope your first day back at work is going OK. Breathe only on people you don't like LOL
Hi, Bobbie. You go right ahead! I wish I had the guts to go around sticking those warnings all over Toys R Us but I'm afraid I'll get arrested. Something I can't afford is a criminal record! :-)
Hi, Di. I'm proud of you. I had girls and they weren't at all interested in guns and never got them as gifts but had they, I would have done the same you did.
I can't tell you how much it means to me to have people out there who are on the same page and don't think I'm silly for letting "boys be boys".
WP's father was a WWII vet also and he shot guns and hunted; activities that WP often participated in. As you know he's not into hunting; even as a kid he couldn't do it and his father was okay with that. I always wonder how many fathers would shame their boys if they didn't want to shoot animals. And again, as you know, WP is a gun collector and he can't step on a spider. I've never known anyone who looked at guns the way does. He looks a them as powerful, interesting pieces of mechanical genius. But he is some sort of oddball genius type (as you are), so I have to cut you both some slack. ;-) {hug}
Thank you for taking the time to say you've been here.
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I want to put this warning on my blog. Thanks for the link.
ReplyDeleteAnd Happy Winter Solstice!
I'm proud to say I never once gave my son a war toy and if her received any I always asked him to exchange it for something else - and he always obliged.
ReplyDeleteI too love the Pink ladies - the real meaning of female power. I'll never forget when I first learned of them. One of them jumped up during Congressional hearings and confronted Condi Rice about the lies to war. A photo of this pink warrior pointing her finger into the clearly guilty face of Rice made its way around.
I hope your first day back at work is going OK. Breathe only on people you don't like LOL
love ya
Hi, Bobbie. You go right ahead! I wish I had the guts to go around sticking those warnings all over Toys R Us but I'm afraid I'll get arrested. Something I can't afford is a criminal record! :-)
ReplyDeleteHi, Di. I'm proud of you. I had girls and they weren't at all interested in guns and never got them as gifts but had they, I would have done the same you did.
I can't tell you how much it means to me to have people out there who are on the same page and don't think I'm silly for letting "boys be boys".
I love you guys!
As a kid I got toy guns for Christmas and shot real guns with my Dad and brother.
ReplyDeleteAnd every stick in the whole of the woods was a gun or a sword.
I think it was my Dad's gentle nature which saved me from internalizing that violence; he was a Peaceful Warrior, for which I can't thank him enough.
CR: you dad was a peaceable man, indeed.
ReplyDeleteWP's father was a WWII vet also and he shot guns and hunted; activities that WP often participated in. As you know he's not into hunting; even as a kid he couldn't do it and his father was okay with that. I always wonder how many fathers would shame their boys if they didn't want to shoot animals. And again, as you know, WP is a gun collector and he can't step on a spider. I've never known anyone who looked at guns the way does. He looks a them as powerful, interesting pieces of mechanical genius. But he is some sort of oddball genius type (as you are), so I have to cut you both some slack. ;-) {hug}