Gun play good?
A study by the British government finds that, for boys, playing with toy guns is “healthy,” allows for “safe risk-taking,” and can make “learning more appealing.”
Another researcher concurs:
Research by Penny Holland, academic leader for early childhood at London Metropolitan University, has also concluded that boys should be allowed to play gun games.
She found boys became dispirited and withdrawn when they are told such play-fighting is wrong.
Still, educators have chosen to ignore the science in favor of their own politically correct view that playing with toy guns “symbolizes aggression.” Asks Glenn Reynolds: Don’t they care about the children?