Swords

When our oldest son was young he would use sticks as swords, and as he began watching Star Wars he began collecting light sabers.  So that now we as a family have a collection of various types of swords, foam swords, light up swords, mini swords, and big swords.  Sword fighting in our family comes with kids ending up crying.  But the kids would cry a lot more if the swords were real.  So we fight with swords in our family.  Sometimes we fight the pretend bad guys or the dragon.  Sometimes I am the dragon and I get slain.  Other times we fight each other.   We also play with toy guns sometimes and that can be fun too.  Some parents say it is bad for kids to play with swords and guns.  I seem to think that even if the kids do not have toy guns and swords, the stick will become one.