Negative Effects Of Toy Guns On Children

Many children play with toy guns in United States. When I was a kid toy guns were not aloud in our household. I believe parents should not allow their children to play with fake guns. Toy guns can increase aggressive behaviors, they change children's personalities, and kids will see guns as a cool object to have.
To begin, allowing kids to play with toy guns raises aggressive behaviors. These aggressive behaviors may follow the individual's personality throughout life. As such, leads to difficulty in relationships and career paths. These negative effects appear to have a direct influence on children's aggressive behaviors. Parents need to teach the children how to play with toy guns in a correct manner. The children that pretend to kill someone

increases their aggression and leads to violence. Furthermore, children playing with toy guns can’t distinguish between real or fake guns, leading to a child's fatality.
Also, nearly all toy guns changes a child's personality. Kids playing with fake guns feel powerful and heroic. It also makes a group of boys feel dominant. Kids will have the urge to shoot a real gun from playing with toy guns Any type of toy gun played with increases a child's risk to hurt others. Guns are dangerous to any child's life. Toy guns have the ability to maneuver any decision any child will have.
Consequently, fake guns can be seen as a cool object to have. Emergency rooms saw 20,000 injuries in 2010. More than 25 percent were from children ages 8 to 14. Paintball and toy guns both send the wrong message to children. Playing with a toy gun could have painful or even deadly consequences. There have been several incidents that involved tween and teens being shot by a police officer who thought they were holding real guns. Many people might argue by saying that toy guns have the opposite effect, but in reality it might not have that effect. That is how these incidents happen, every child is different.
Therefore, I feel guardians should not allow their children to play with toy guns. Instead have your child play a board game. These games help your child with eye-hand coordination and teach important social skills. Another way, go on a bike ride. Enjoy the outdoors, family biking improves exercise, allows your children to discover new things, and it allows bonding time with everyone.