Gun laws - violent games

By Judith Napier, Nursery World, 11 May 2000

Should nurseries bite the bullet and stop banning children from playing with guns? Judith Napier observes one that did, with some surprising results

Should nurseries bite the bullet and stop banning children from playing with guns? Judith Napier observes one that did, with some surprising results Should little children be allowed to tote toy guns and act out war games? Up to now, the answer has always been emphatically no - such games, goes the argument, encourage boys (it is nearly always boys) to indulge in ever more aggressive and violent behaviour. Early years settings have worked hard at enforcing...

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