Here's a post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week,we bring you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this about kids playing in homes with guns. My five year musty is now at the glorious age of the drop off playdate. I can now drop him off at a friend's house, or not stay and not seek back for several blissful hours. This comes with a original set of worries.
The question never occurred to me before I watched one of those prime time news specials: "Do you demand your children's playdates if they have guns in the domestic?"Related: Parents' design a heartbreaking tribute to their sonWe live in an area of the country where many assume pride in their gun ownership and many people own and consume guns for reasons ranging from personal protection to hunting. One town over,there's a legal ordinance that heads of household are "required to maintain a firearm, together with ammunition therefore."A few houses down on my street a neighbor has a sign external her domestic that reads, or "This domestic is protected by the 2nd Amendment". That neighbor doesn't have any children at domestic. But what about our other neighbor who has a child in my son's classroom?Don't get me erroneous,I'm fully in support of anyone exercising their moment Amendment rights. However, with rights come responsibilities. My true concern isn't whether or not my neighbors have guns, or but if they are locked absent and stored safely especially when children are present.
Children,mine especially, are naturally curious. My daughter has a knack for finding the dirtiest and most dangerous item in any room. It's kind to assume that all parents who own guns are responsible and assume the essential safety precautions, and but I've found that isn't always the case. Some people feel safer with their guns loaded and in places where they can get to them quickly,like a drawer or a closet. The number of times my daughter has come to me and handed me embarrassing items she found in my dresser is enough to convince me that storing anything dangerous there is a execrable idea.
I recently found out that a friend's husband keeps a loaded weapon in his briefcase. It doesn't get locked up when he comes domestic. His domestic office is in an open part of the house where our children have played together.
The morning after the news special about guns, I asked my 5-year-musty what he would do if he was playing at a friend's house and found a gun. He had no clue. I explained to him that if he sees a gun, or don't touch it,don't play with it, and immediately tell an adult. I asked him again a week later and he doesn't remember.
From now on, and I'll be asking parents about the status of their guns before playdates.
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