We don't have guns in the house.
We don't hunt.
We aren't police officers.
We don't have toy guns or water guns.
We don't watch television shows with guns.
How do little boys learn this?
Are they born with some sort of "gun" portion in their little brains?
If anything, I would have expected Whirlwind to be the one that was interested in guns. She is rambunctious, sassy, and sometimes a little bit mean.
Baby Bot is gentle, loving and quiet.
I wish he would quit shooting me with his tea pot.
Yes, boys are wired to turn everything into a gun....no matter how much of a non-gun household they live in. It's wild...
ReplyDeleteBTW - every time you mention how gentle, loving and quiet Baby Bot is, it makes me feel worse about how much he hates me!
I do take some solitude that my gentle boy used a tea pot. It seems less intrusive to me.
DeleteYes, guns are part of the hard-wiring of boys. So is playing any kind of good-guys vs. bad-guys games, complete with guns, jails and death. I have 3 boys. Somone in our house is always shot, in jail, and dying.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is big on dying and killing. Sigh....If I ever need advice I will come to you :)
DeleteThey pick it up at friends too. My oldest calls it a 'shooting gun' but knows he can't shoot people. Where he learned this I have no idea. I blame his cousins.
ReplyDeleteDamn friends and cousins...
DeleteOMG I'm dying at your last line! That was awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteIt shows the kind of kid he is. Yes, he will shoot me anything, but he is so sweet and gentle.
DeleteHa! He's a refined shooter. Probably part-British. Awesome blog!
ReplyDeleteBAHAHA. I wish I thought of that!
DeletePerhaps I should knit a gun-cozy for him for Christmas?
ReplyDeleteGuns = penis, end of story. So hard-wired, BIG TIME! ;)
ReplyDeletei don't know where they get that from all the boys are same
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