Bang!
"There are valid socio-cultural reasons for children to engage in gun play"
- someone on a Playcentre website
Aidan comes over to me. He is wearing a backpack. Inside is his toy rifle and a stick. He looks at me and says, very seriously:
"This is my gun. I am going to take my gun into those hills [he indicates with his hands to the hills visible from our deck] and shoot an animal. Then I will take my sword and cut it in half. Then I will bring home its meat".
Just like Daddy. (Except for the sword bit. I expect butchering animals is far less poetic in practice).
- someone on a Playcentre website
Aidan comes over to me. He is wearing a backpack. Inside is his toy rifle and a stick. He looks at me and says, very seriously:
"This is my gun. I am going to take my gun into those hills [he indicates with his hands to the hills visible from our deck] and shoot an animal. Then I will take my sword and cut it in half. Then I will bring home its meat".
Just like Daddy. (Except for the sword bit. I expect butchering animals is far less poetic in practice).
Labels: Aidan, Hunting and gathering
posted by Mary at 8:57 pm
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