DS stabbing teddy

Counting_Pennies_2

Dear all,

I am rather worried tonight. My DS aged 8 sweetly carried his lovely teddy down the stairs looking very angelic.

I walked into the living room a while later to find him with a toy dagger standing over the teddy with it pointed at the teddy's throat.

I was rather disturbed and we had a chat about how the poor teddy would feel if it could talk and perhaps it is not the nicest way to treat him.

How worried should I be. He seemed very unconcerned about it all.

He does not watch or play any violent games, although he has recently started watching Merlin against my better judgement.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

365days

Ignore it. If he gets your attention when it happens it may just become more appealing!

Poor Ted.

Person_one

Obvious question, but why has he got a toy dagger if you don't allow violent games?

cheepskate_2

As long as he is not trying to strangle the cat, then i would just ignore it.

Counting_Pennies_2

Person_one wrote: »

Obvious question, but why has he got a toy dagger if you don't allow violent games?

Good point, I have absolutely no idea where it has come from, the only thing we have bought him is a light sabre, from Star Wars, but he doesn't even watch that.

The dagger will be making its way to a bin, I can only assume from a party bag toy that slipped in without me noticing. Time for a sort out of all his toys!

System

I'd say 'Poor teddy' and make him feel a bit guilty... but thats me.

fluffnutter

It's just make-believe. Me and my brother used to run around 'shooting' each other. And 'stabbing' each other. And smashing each other over the head with whatever toy came to hand.

'Bang! Bang! You're dead!' is something every child says at some point or another. Holding Teddy to ransom on the end of a toy knife just suggests a slightly more imaginative way of inflicting death than the usual 'You're dead!' whilst making your fingers into a pretend gun.

My nephew recently got all his sister's dolls and hanged them from the banisters in a ritualised mass execution. Chill out. Your son is not a sociopath.

Person_one

fluffnutter wrote: »

My nephew recently got all his sister's dolls and hanged them from the banisters in a ritualised mass execution. Chill out. Your son is not a sociopath.

Your nephew though...;)

Dawny_79

When my daughter was 3 she killed her pet hamster.:eek: I thought I'd given birth to a murderer. It turned out she'd tried to stroke it and it had bitten her finger. In an attempt to get said hamster off her finger she shook it and it crashed against the side of it's cage.
Well that's the story she told me anyway. She's now 14 and can't remember a thing about it.

She's a normal teenager though and hasn't shown any murderess streak yet.:o:)

littlerat

Realise he's 8 and probably knows the teddy is just a teddy and cannot speak or feel pain? Seems more appropriate to use that to tell off a 3 year old, frankly. Probably also why he was unconcerned.

It's normal to do stupid stuff with/to toys. If it meant there was something wrong, then it would mean 90% of kids need worrying about.

cutestkids

Your son is a normal 8 year old boy, children playing with toy daggers, swords, guns etc does not turn them into violent criminals.

I think you need to loosen up a bit and let him just be a little boy.