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olafpfj wrote:I lived in the San Francisco bay area for all of 2009, Castro Valley to be specific. I had many many talks with my kids to never ever mention or talk about daddy's guns. I still tell them that even though we're in Texas.

I remember when I was in 3rd grade I decorated one of my paper bag book covers with tons of little swastika's and a V2 rocket. I was, and still am, an avid watcher of WWII documentaries and I just thought the symbol looked neat and was fun to draw. I had ZERO idea what it meant or that it might be offensive. No one said a word to me or my parents about it. After a few I weeks I grew bored with it and re covered my book and drew something else.

What happened to common sense?!!!!... ...

clarionite wrote:

olafpfj wrote:I lived in the San Francisco bay area for all of 2009, Castro Valley to be specific. I had many many talks with my kids to never ever mention or talk about daddy's guns. I still tell them that even though we're in Texas.

I remember when I was in 3rd grade I decorated one of my paper bag book covers with tons of little swastika's and a V2 rocket. I was, and still am, an avid watcher of WWII documentaries and I just thought the symbol looked neat and was fun to draw. I had ZERO idea what it meant or that it might be offensive. No one said a word to me or my parents about it. After a few I weeks I grew bored with it and re covered my book and drew something else.

What happened to common sense?!!!!... ...

My son is 14 and loves to draw. He might draw a car, a dragon, or some days he draws soldiers. He's pretty good at it, and I've framed a few of his pieces. I've even got one hanging on my wall in my office. But I worry some times that his battle field drawings (he's a fan of Modern Warfare 3, Halo, and Black Ops on the XBox) might get him in trouble at school. Thankfully, our ISD seems fairly reasonable most days.

Dave2 wrote:

clarionite wrote: My son is 14 and loves to draw. He might draw a car, a dragon, or some days he draws soldiers. He's pretty good at it, and I've framed a few of his pieces. I've even got one hanging on my wall in my office. But I worry some times that his battle field drawings (he's a fan of Modern Warfare 3, Halo, and Black Ops on the XBox) might get him in trouble at school. Thankfully, our ISD seems fairly reasonable most days.

If I ever have kids, I'll have to make it clear to them they only have to worry about getting in trouble with me & their mom and the law. I don't recall the specifics, but I think I remember hearing about some kid getting in trouble for doing something at school, and thinking that if I were his father he'd have gotten in trouble for not doing it.

Divided Attention wrote:Some of the school lunches can be deadly weapons regardless of the shape they are in

Oldgringo wrote:Our overly protected and immature grandkids don't even have toy guns. Their mother is a split personality wacko and their daddy is scared to death of the mommy.

The daddy unit, age 39, called and asked me about a gun the other day for home protection. I told his mother later that I'd sooner straddle a broom and ride it to Dallas before I'd introduce a gun into that war zone.

Guns ain't for everybody.

BTW, there's is just another of the places we no longer go on holidays.

Crossfire wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:Our overly protected and immature grandkids don't even have toy guns. Their mother is a split personality wacko and their daddy is scared to death of the mommy.

The daddy unit, age 39, called and asked me about a gun the other day for home protection. I told his mother later that I'd sooner straddle a broom and ride it to Dallas before I'd introduce a gun into that war zone.

Guns ain't for everybody.

BTW, there's is just another of the places we no longer go on holidays.

Gringo, I am sorry for your family situation, but I have to say I laughed out loud at your description of it!