[JCG]

More psychobabble.

Indeed.

In my 1940s childhood we played army from dawn to dusk -- or cowboys and indians -- or cops and robbers.  We had all manner of toy guns.  We shot each other with caps, suction cup darts and water.  We heaved dummy hand grenades and fought hand to hand with rubber knives.  Such conduct was far more prevalent among us than it is today.

So the question is: if so-called "violent" toys are the problem, why wasn't my generation far more violent than the ones that have succeeded it?

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[Skooz]

So the question is: if so-called "violent" toys are the problem, why wasn't my generation far more violent than the ones that have succeeded it?

Empirical evidence is just so inconvenient to liberals.

[BlueLancer]

"We had all manner of toy guns."

We never had any toy guns ... not because our parents disapproved of them, but, with five boys, plastic (and even metal) toy guns wouldn't have lasted very long.

We found that baseball bats made ideal weapons. When held underneath your armpit, they were BARs or submachine guns; when held against the shoulder, they were rifles; when rested on top of the shoulder, they were bazookas.

Truly, the first multi-function weapons system.

[All-American Medic]

Because when you did wrong your parents beat yr butt, when kids today do wrong parents are told you cant discipline your kid, you are told "you must understand the root causes of their behavior". When my three year old throws a tantrum its because he didnt get his way, remedy, discipline.

[driftless]

Ditto. I grew up in the fifties and sixties. I must have had umpteen toy guns including a bb-gun. As did all my friends. Many of them had real guns if their dads were hunters which mine wasn't. My older brother did have a 22 rifle which he used for squirrel hunting. Television was filled with westerns and cop shows which glorified a violent approach to dealing with criminals. The question these psychologists have to ask themselves is why all those boys from that time didn't grow up to be homocidal maniacs? The answer is that we knew right from wrong thanks to religious indoctrination and strong societal and parental control. Furthermore many boys took their rifles to school to go hunting with after classes. I remember no instances of kids shooting up classes. Todays feminized shrinks and educators are trying to create a generation of milquetoasts and wussies.