Boys love to play with fake knives and fake guns, will they become violent?

Boys naturally like firearms toys, and girls naturally like to play with dolls, is related to gender differences between men and women, and this difference as early as in the human ancestors on the body, when humans after thousands of years of evolution, this difference can be said to have been part of the DNA. When humans are still in the ape era, male apes are mainly responsible for hunting, protecting their homes, etc., so the manufacture and use of weapons are more enthusiastic, this situation has been inherited from generation to generation over the years, so boys are naturally more interested in firearms toys. So, if their children are interested in firearms toys, do parents need to worry that their children will gradually develop violent tendencies? Child psychologist Mike Thompson’s research shows that most children who love to play with guns do not develop violent criminal behavior in adulthood. So if the child is not obsessed with playing with various gun toys for a long time, or just playing with or studying gun toys under normal circumstances, parents need not worry too much. But if the child is obsessed with playing with firearms toys for a long time, so that they delay their studies and other normal life, or use such toys to attack others or small animals, then parents need to pay attention immediately and education. First of all, parents need to guide their children correctly, you can let children pay more attention to, study the operation principle and appearance of firearms toys, while ignoring its aggressive aspects. Second, to prevent children from watching gun battles or violent TV, cartoons or comic books, imitation is the nature of children, a series of classic psychological experiments by the American psychologist Bandura showed that children have a strong ability to imitate violent behavior, and children who are often exposed to violent behavior may form violent tendencies due to imitation. Once again, if the child has reached the level of obsession or aggressive behavior, parents need to immediately correct them. They should put away the gun toys and develop other positive hobbies (such as painting, music, sports, etc.), and use these positive hobbies to divert the child’s attention from the gun toys, so as to gradually achieve the purpose of correction. Finally, parents should pay attention to their own words in the process of child rearing, do not use scolding and other violent education methods on their children. Children who are under rough education for a long time will not only increase their aggressiveness towards others, but will also be more likely to use rough education methods on their own offspring, thus forming a vicious circle of violence against violence.