[OutsiderFan]

As the parent of two elementary school girls, I hear lots of complaints about costumes. Too skimpy. Fairy tales female characters are too passive. Etc. Truth be told, I think Cinderella or Elsa costumes are wholesome. What I’m ready to hear are complaints about boys’ costumes. Specifically, costumes with weapons. I’m not interested in a political debate about whether guns should or shouldn’t be allowed in our society. That debate has been decided anyway. I’m talking about a cultural issue. IMHO, parents should be teaching their kids that guns of any kind are unacceptable. Real guns, toy guns, video game guns. They are all garbage.  Agree?  Disagree?

I think most of the costumes I had as a kid involved guns, knives, and swords. I didn't ever find myself wielding any of them as a weapon later in my life. 

People getting up in arms over costumes is like thinking listening to metal music turns you into a devil worshipper. Impossibly stupid, IMO. Parents need to have more faith in their children than think costume choice is somehow an indictment of their character or might set them on a path to destruction. It's just a costume and they get to pretend for a day. Good for them.

[OutsiderFan]

As the parent of two elementary school girls, I hear lots of complaints about costumes. Too skimpy. Fairy tales female characters are too passive. Etc. Truth be told, I think Cinderella or Elsa costumes are wholesome. What I’m ready to hear are complaints about boys’ costumes. Specifically, costumes with weapons. I’m not interested in a political debate about whether guns should or shouldn’t be allowed in our society. That debate has been decided anyway. I’m talking about a cultural issue. IMHO, parents should be teaching their kids that guns of any kind are unacceptable. Real guns, toy guns, video game guns. They are all garbage.  Agree?  Disagree?

I think most of the costumes I had as a kid involved guns, knives, and swords. I didn't ever find myself wielding any of them as a weapon later in my life. 

People getting up in arms over costumes is like thinking listening to metal music turns you into a devil worshipper. Impossibly stupid, IMO. Parents need to have more faith in their children than think costume choice is somehow an indictment of their character or might set them on a path to destruction. It's just a costume and they get to pretend for a day. Good for them.