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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 245800" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>This is my take on it--I've raised three kids to adulthood (two boys, one girl) and have a 15 year old boy on the spectrum and a twelve year old girl. With my experience, because of a lack of interest in our homes and lives in guns maybe, NONE of them were ever obsessed with or interested much in guns. My boys never even had any interest in playing cowboys. They did play Star Wars, but that was it. My Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) son is even weird where he won't play violent games. But my oldest two (both 31 now) played all the bang-bang games and still do and have probably never been in a fight in their lives. If they had shown any indication of violence, they never would have even had a game system, but they were peaceful kids. I truly believe we have to be more careful with our violent-prone kids with mental illnesses. We can't just let them do what other kids do and expect them to shrug it off like other kids might. It's sort of like the person who comes from a long line of alcoholics, which gives them a genetic predisposition to alchohism. Their friends, as teens, may be able to drink a little without any lasting ramifications, but the ones with the bad genes can not. I don't think there is any one answer on this issue or any issue. It is very individual to the child and you know your child best. Do what you think it right and don't second-guess yourself <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 245800, member: 1550"] This is my take on it--I've raised three kids to adulthood (two boys, one girl) and have a 15 year old boy on the spectrum and a twelve year old girl. With my experience, because of a lack of interest in our homes and lives in guns maybe, NONE of them were ever obsessed with or interested much in guns. My boys never even had any interest in playing cowboys. They did play Star Wars, but that was it. My Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) son is even weird where he won't play violent games. But my oldest two (both 31 now) played all the bang-bang games and still do and have probably never been in a fight in their lives. If they had shown any indication of violence, they never would have even had a game system, but they were peaceful kids. I truly believe we have to be more careful with our violent-prone kids with mental illnesses. We can't just let them do what other kids do and expect them to shrug it off like other kids might. It's sort of like the person who comes from a long line of alcoholics, which gives them a genetic predisposition to alchohism. Their friends, as teens, may be able to drink a little without any lasting ramifications, but the ones with the bad genes can not. I don't think there is any one answer on this issue or any issue. It is very individual to the child and you know your child best. Do what you think it right and don't second-guess yourself ;) [/QUOTE]
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