A few decades ago, I read an article from a lefty Mom about her attempt at raising her kids with no guns. There were no toy guns, no gun imagery in the home, and she monitored their TV habits. She thought she’d locked everything down (this was before the interweb was ubiquitous).
She came down to breakfast one morning (I guess hubby cooked) and to her alarm, the kids had eaten the toast into the shape of handguns and were “shooting” each other.
I found a contemporary version of this story, seemingly from a lefty Mom, who has more well-adjusted approach vs Karen: https://www.freerangekids.com/i-thought-my-sons-shouldnt-play-with-toy-guns-i-was-wrong/
“My kids have bitten toast into the shape of pistols. Keeping toy guns away from them is a fool’s errand.
“They happen to be history buffs, particularly fascinated with Ancient Rome (swords) and the American Revolution (muskets). Toy wooden muskets have proven to stimulate hours and hours of creative play, which, combined with poring over books about American history, has made for educational and fun activities I could only dream of for them. We also have a pretty good arsenal of neon-colored Nerf guns and Super Soakers.
“The 7 and 11 year old have both enjoyed archery at summer camp, and if they wish to learn target shooting with rifles at appropriate ages, I will not stand in the way. I would much, much rather they enjoyed this sport than get absorbed into hours of first-person-shooter video games before they are old enough to put those in perspective. I would also like them to know how to safely handle any firearms they might encounter out in the world.”
Again a standard lefty mom who cares about the connection between what her kids do and what they believe. I agree with her about those video games. I was never a fan. They were in my belief the beginnings of training kids to tolerate trannies. I saw popular ones with female characters who performed like only a male could.
I heard a story once about mom not allowing her sons to play with boy toys. They got ahold of the barbies, broke one of their legs off and had toy guns.