Playing with guns is ‘good for boys’
Date: Nov 7, 2004 1:34 PM
The Scotsman
November 6, 2004
By MURDO MacLEOD AND SCOTT McCULLOCH

Playing with guns is ‘good for boys’

BANNING boys from playing with toy guns is futile and may even damage their development,
a leading child psychologist has warned.
Confirming what many guilty parents long suspected, Penny Holland says boys will
indulge in gunplay regardless of attempts by schools, nurseries and guardians to
stop them.
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