What's wrong with us???

[Father Dave]

i just read in Time Mag. that candy makers are bringing back "candy cigarettes" and bubble gum Cigars...what the hell are they thinking (profits??)- we tell, i hope, kids the dangers of smoking and yet we give them things to practice on.

whats next??? "Candy Cocaine" or lil Bud bottles with sugar water in them...???
"Now kids- we never want you to use the real things but go ahead and try the candy ones..."

it's like i've said before- makes as much sense and the chew toys for dogs that look like the newspaper- slippers- and babies we have offered for them to chew up but if they do it to the real items...well...the message is screwed up.

[Father Dave]

maybe it's just me...but my two boys didn't even get toy guns to play with. when the time came and they asked questions about guns- i took one to the firing range to let him see the power of real guns and the other decided that computers were much more interesting...and yes- there were guns and violence in many games he shared with friends so i dunno-

over reacting? [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img]

[arkon]

I gave away bubble gum cigars when my kid were born.
Was that a good thing or a bad thing?

[Father Dave]

arkon- welcome back and...i think that you gave gum cigars to ADULTS was fabulous.
and congrats.