I'm sure most of my readers can relate. Even if you don't have a little boy yourself, you probably know somebody who does. Or else you've dealt with men closely in your life, and, well, what can I say? Men = boys, just physically bigger.
Here's what I want to know. Do ALL boys come with this innate affinity for guns and shooting and the like?
See, we've never exposed Todd to that sort of thing. He doesn't even watch cartoons like that. When this first surfaced, he never even *played* with other kids who loved to play shoot-em-up. Heck, he didn't play with other kids, period! And the grownups sure didn't play cops and robbers. So-- what's the deal? As soon as he sets foot in the toy section of a store, he makes a beeline for the guns.
At home, he makes makeshift weapons. The cardboard tube from a paper towel roll. A vacuum extension. His toy golf clubs. His own hands! Really stretches the creative imagination. And as much as we discourage him from "shooting", he enjoys it the way most kids enjoy a bowl of ice cream.
Why do boys seem to be born with this? Why do they all gravitate to it even if they've never seen a gun before?
Moreover, what did children a few centuries ago use? Did they use sticks and play swordfight? What about kids of the prehistoric era, when swords or knives hadn't even been invented yet? Did they chuck pine cones at each other, pretending they were rocks?
Sigh... boys!!
(originally posted at: http://www.myspace.com/hellykwee/blog/385011057)
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