Building bitterness at a young age

ren_ascent

New policies in school, applied to Kindergarteners and up: Any play at shooting guns, even with your finger in the shape of a pistol, is an automatic suspension. Playtime is now officially over.

I'm just lamenting the obliteration of the gray area.

heylookitsval

Childhood sucks after 1999.

ren_ascent

Childhood sucks after 1999.

That is the very honest truth.

echofm1

Yeah. I'd definitely say that's going a bit far, particularly for a suspension.

gabbygirl78

Childhood sucks after 1999.

That is the very honest truth.

agreed!!!! People are taking this crap to extremes. Kids will be kids.

The_Enginerd

And yet, how many of those same kids at home shooting hordes of people and running over hookers.

firstsip

bitter taste buds in kids are actually very strong they dont need to be built

LorinaLynn

What about mimicking swordplay or archery?

Derpes

That is an awfully Draconian policy.

The charlatans who develop such policies should be horsewhipped.

QuietBloom

What about mimicking swordplay or archery?

That will definitely be next.

ren_ascent

And yet, how many of those same kids at home shooting hordes of people and running over hookers.

People who say violent video games don't affect child development are, dare I say it, morons. Flight simulators are used to condition pilots so they handle themselves appropriately in real life situations. They are not at a critial stage of mental development, it's just training. Apply that technique to an impressionable child.

pastryari

bitter taste buds in kids are actually very strong they dont need to be built

I love you.

da_bears10089

bitter taste buds in kids are actually very strong they dont need to be built

I love you.

QFT

beernpizza2

In school, (and still to this day), pointing my fingers out like guns was/is my best dance move. I would have gotten kicked out of every prom.

It makes me sad that my daughters are going to grow up in a school environment that is so different than mine was.

ldrosophila

You know what makes me sad. It's primarily little boys who play guns, swords, and those "robber" type games. Boys are already hurting in regards to the decline in entrance to Universities, and now we will put one more gender bias on them. That means you will have more children suspended from school, missing time on the already shortened school schedule, and doing nothing but sitting home playing video games and watching TV.

Makes me disgusted. No one really cares about education. Cheers to a stupid America...we deserve it. :drinker:

firstsip

bitter taste buds in kids are actually very strong they dont need to be built

I love you.

QFT

:blushing:

Greenrun99

Since nobody wants to take responsibility for their kids, and nobody wants to do anything about guns, and we don't want to put metal detectors in every school (especially those suburban, upper class, white schools.. where the shootings happen) then this is what happens.. Maybe parents should.. I don't know... lock up their guns, and not let their kids have access to them.. ya know.. responsibility...

ren_ascent

You know what makes me sad. It's primarily little boys who play guns, swords, and those "robber" type games. Boys are already hurting in regards to the decline in entrance to Universities, and now we will put one more gender bias on them. That means you will have more children suspended from school, missing time on the already shortened school schedule, and doing nothing but sitting home playing video games and watching TV.

Makes me disgusted. No one really cares about education. Cheers to a stupid America...we deserve it. :drinker:

I hadn't even considered this type of role playing as not being gender neutral, but you are right. I was "my stick is a sword" girl myself.

ronit_rai

What are you doing here? Did someone leave your
cage open?

ryry_

I guess it would depend on the context for me...No interpretation and discernment seems so dumb.

Situation 1: Someone points fake gun and angrily says "You a punk, I'm gonna get my daddie's gun and klap you". I get it

Situation 2: "So Tommy, I was playing Ratchet and Clank yesterday, and i got the machine gun and i was totally like...(makes machine gun like gesture)...Oh man it was so fun, I can't wait to play it at our sleepover."

Hopefully reason would prevail in #2

vanillacoffee

Childhood sucks after 1999.

YUP.

Naomi0504

Since nobody wants to take responsibility for their kids, and nobody wants to do anything about guns, and we don't want to put metal detectors in every school (especially those suburban, upper class, white schools.. where the shootings happen) then this is what happens.. Maybe parents should.. I don't know... lock up their guns, and not let their kids have access to them.. ya know.. responsibility...

I agree with this verrrry much, especially that first sentence I think a lot more discretion needs to happen in homes, and I do also agree with boys being the ones who usually suffer overall (in terms of academics, etc).

TheRoadDog

I went to Kindergarden in 1959. We played Cowboys and Indians all the time. I turned out okay. So did the majority of my generation.


Now it would have to be called Cowboys and Native Americans. And the Cowboys would be gambling at Native American Casinos.

latenitelucy

it gets worse...

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/student-may-be-expelled-for-firing-a-toy-gun-in-his-own-yard/

ren_ascent

it gets worse...

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/student-may-be-expelled-for-firing-a-toy-gun-in-his-own-yard/

I weep for humanity.

asimmons221

And yet, how many of those same kids at home shooting hordes of people and running over hookers.

People who say violent video games don't affect child development are, dare I say it, morons. Flight simulators are used to condition pilots so they handle themselves appropriately in real life situations. They are not at a critial stage of mental development, it's just training. Apply that technique to an impressionable child.

to blame video games is scapegoating really, even at such a young age it's nothing more then them playing cops and robbers. Visually how is it any different then whats shown on movies. These kids that do these acts i bet lash out in this manner because of their upbringing and whats going on in their life and not what game they're playing.

LorinaLynn

And yet, how many of those same kids at home shooting hordes of people and running over hookers.

People who say violent video games don't affect child development are, dare I say it, morons. Flight simulators are used to condition pilots so they handle themselves appropriately in real life situations. They are not at a critial stage of mental development, it's just training. Apply that technique to an impressionable child.

to blame video games is scapegoating really, even at such a young age it's nothing more then them playing cops and robbers. Visually how is it any different then whats shown on movies. These kids that do these acts i bet lash out in this manner because of their upbringing and whats going on in their life and not what game they're playing.

Violent video games aren't the problem. Parents who buy Rated M video games for their young children and use the game as a baby sitter are the problem.

I was taught how to use a gun at a young age, heck, probably before I even HAD a video game console (unless you count Pong). We shot soda cans and styrofoam wig heads. Seeing what a bullet will do to a foam head made me damn careful about shooting.

ren_ascent

And yet, how many of those same kids at home shooting hordes of people and running over hookers.

People who say violent video games don't affect child development are, dare I say it, morons. Flight simulators are used to condition pilots so they handle themselves appropriately in real life situations. They are not at a critial stage of mental development, it's just training. Apply that technique to an impressionable child.

to blame video games is scapegoating really, even at such a young age it's nothing more then them playing cops and robbers. Visually how is it any different then whats shown on movies. These kids that do these acts i bet lash out in this manner because of their upbringing and whats going on in their life and not what game they're playing.

Violent video games aren't the problem. Parents who buy Rated M video games for their young children and use the game as a baby sitter are the problem.

I was taught how to use a gun at a young age, heck, probably before I even HAD a video game console (unless you count Pong). We shot soda cans and styrofoam wig heads. Seeing what a bullet will do to a foam head made me damn careful about shooting.

"even at such a young age it's nothing more then them playing cops and robbers"
There are no consequences for what goes on in video games. It's action without any kind of negitive social feedback. Parents who buy the games fail to acknowledge what they are introducing into the childs environment.

"I was taught how to use a gun at a young age"
Because real life teaches those kinds of lessons and vidoe games do not, so I'm glad you learned that way. I learned that a rifle has enough kick to knock me on my butt back when I was 12.

I'm not spearheading violent video games as the cause for all societies problems. It is both a symptom and a contributor.

RozayJones

Childhood sucks after 1999.

^^^^This

toutmonpossible

Without any context given, this does seem like overkill. But we live in one of, or the most, violent prosperous country on earth and something has to be done. Not every approach will succeed.

Blacklance36

Since nobody wants to take responsibility for their kids, and nobody wants to do anything about guns, and we don't want to put metal detectors in every school (especially those suburban, upper class, white schools.. where the shootings happen) then this is what happens.. Maybe parents should.. I don't know... lock up their guns, and not let their kids have access to them.. ya know.. responsibility...

I agree with this verrrry much, especially that first sentence I think a lot more discretion needs to happen in homes, and I do also agree with boys being the ones who usually suffer overall (in terms of academics, etc).

The police in California just shot a 13 year old for carrying a replica of an assault rifle. The kid did not drop it when asked to so they opened fire....are the parents to blame and if not who is at fault?