Issue link: http://hvparent.uberflip.com/i/438206
hvparent.com ■ Hudson Valley Parent 19 tĂůŬͲ/ŶhƌŐĞŶƚĂƌĞ EŽƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚEĞĐĞƐƐĂƌLJ DŽƐƚ/ŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞƐĐĐĞƉƚĞĚ yͲZĂLJKŶƐŝƚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽůWŚLJƐŝĐĂůƐ &ůƵ^ŚŽƚƐ tĞůůŶĞƐƐWŚLJƐŝĐĂůƐ ǁǁǁ͘ĞŽŶĞŬŝŶŐƐƚŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ EĞǁtŝŶĚƐŽƌ ϯϬϲtŝŶĚƐŽƌ,ŝŐŚǁĂLJ ;ϴϰϱͿϳϴϳͲϭϰϬϬ <ŝŶŐƐƚŽŶ ϰϬ,ƵƌůĞLJǀĞ ;ϴϰϱͿϯϯϴͲϱϲϬϬ ,LJĚĞWĂƌŬ ϰϮϱϬůďĂŶLJWŽƐƚZĚ WŚ͘;ϴϰϱͿϮϮϵͲϮϲϬϮ ϴ͗ϬϬĂ͘ŵ͘ʹϴ͗ϬϬƉ͘ŵ͘tĞĞŬĚĂLJƐ ϴ͗ϬϬĂ͘ŵ͘ʹϰ͗ϬϬƉ͘ŵ͘tĞĞŬĞŶĚƐ Do you let your child play with toy guns? "Everything turns into a gun with my child. I might as well buy him a toy gun so he doesn't look ridic - ulous pretending to shoot a mop." — Emily Neuschotz, Irvington "Not at our home. We don't purchase or ask for guns as gifts and we don't allow other kids to bring toy guns over. But if we are at other people's homes, we allow him to play with them." — Sarah Chomanczuk, Town of Newburgh. "Yes. I am not going to steal their innocence. Besides, who wants to explain to a child why they cannot play with a toy gun? Let kids be kids!" — Priscilla Morales, Plattekill "Nope, and I cringe when I see other young children playing like they are shooting each other." — Jasmine Cammarata, Kingston "My boys will literally 'shoot' any- thing. I've seen them use plastic dinosaurs as guns, so there does seem to be a natural inclination toward things like that. I try not make a big deal of it." — Christina Gallagher, Newburgh, NY "Yes, we allow gun play. We don't actually have a toy gun, but our 4-year-old daughter pretends with her fingers and she fights bad guys and protects her babies." — Katie Angel, Hopewell Junction HVP Chatroom