"When I grow up... I want to be a Spartan like Master Chief."

[IrishJedi]

This was the answer my son (4) gave to his Pre-K teachers. His mother just called me, befuddled.

He came home yesterday with a book the teachers made for the parents. In it each kid in the class had a page where the answer to "What do you want to be when you grow up?" was answered and the kids each got to draw on the page. They were all "Fireman", "A Princess", "A Policeman", "Football player", etc. The usual kiddie stuff. With drawings of flowers, horses, etc. Then you get to my kid's page and it's "a Spartan, like Master Chief in HALO" with a 4 year old's drawing of MC shooting a gun.

I don't know whether to be proud, frightened, embarassed, or all of the above.

And here's the thing: I only have them 2-3 weekends a month now. And we don't just sit around and play videogames when I have them. In fact, I gave my 360 to them a couple of months ago. So I guess his older sister and cousin are letting him play this stuff while Mom is at work or wherever.

So, I either have a cool kid or a future mass murderer for a son.

 

[Karma]

This was the answer my son (4) gave to his Pre-K teachers. His mother just called me, befuddled.

He came home yesterday with a book the teachers made for the parents. In it each kid in the class had a page where the answer to "What do you want to be when you grow up?" was answered and the kids each got to draw on the page. They were all "Fireman", "A Princess", "A Policeman", "Football player", etc. The usual kiddie stuff. With drawings of flowers, horses, etc. Then you get to my kid's page and it's "a Spartan, like Master Chief in HALO" with a 4 year old's drawing of MC shooting a gun.

I don't know whether to be proud, frightened, embarassed, or all of the above.

And here's the thing: I only have them 2-3 weekends a month now. And we don't just sit around and play videogames when I have them. In fact, I gave my 360 to them a couple of months ago. So I guess his older sister and cousin is letting him play this stuff while Mom is at work or wherever.

So, I either have a cool kid or a future mass murderer for a son.

I'd be proud that my kid had an imagination unlike all the dull other kids that are like sheep with the usual answers

 

[Shropt]

If your kid drew a picture of a gun down here in Florida he would be expelled from school.

No joke. You'd be homeschooling that kid right now.

 

[IrishJedi]

If your kid drew a picture of a gun down here in Florida he would be expelled from school.

No joke. You'd be homeschooling that kid right now.

This was the gist of my discussion with his mother this morning. It's innocent and amusing right now, but we're nipping it in the bud.

That said, I'm gonna get him a Master Chief figure for one of his Christmas presents.

 

[Karma]

I look at it more from a saving the world perspective rather than shooting guns

master chief is a hero

you see what you wanna see I suppose

 

[King Darkness]

I wanted to be a serial killer when I grew up

But I tunred out fine.

 

[Karma]

I wanted to be a serial killer when I grew up

But I tunred out fine.

 

[KitFisto]

If your kid drew a picture of a gun down here in Florida he would be expelled from school.

No joke. You'd be homeschooling that kid right now.

Are you freaking serious? God can this country get any more "PC"? I understand being "careful" with the school shootings that go on today, but there is a difference in drawing MC from Halo and drawing yourself shooting all the other kids in your class.

 

[King Darkness]

No lie, I had some kind of sick fasination with death and murders. I pretty much grew out of it by the time I hit high school.

I even had a teacher in the 3rd grade who refused to have me in her class.

My Mom had a friend who refused to baby sit me too, she always told my Mom she didnt like the way I looked at her

 

[El Roranous]

No lie, I had some kind of sick fasination with death and murders. I pretty much grew out of it by the time I hit high school.

I even had a teacher in the 3rd grade who refused to have me in her class.

My Mom had a friend who refused to baby sit me too, she always told my Mom she didnt like the way I looked at her

You were creepy cool.

 

[LaMelnik]

Heck, by the time he is of age, he may be in the military wearing gear like MC.

Tell his mother to chill out and that he is just being patriotic in a future sense.

How about we all send him a bunch of Halo action figures for Christmas?

 

[Kabukiman]

That's funny

I had a similar experience when my kid said he wanted to be a Time Lord.

 

[IrishJedi]

Heck, by the time he is of age, he may be in the military wearing gear like MC.

Tell his mother to chill out and that he is just being patriotic in a future sense.

How about we all send him a bunch of Halo action figures for Christmas?

Works for me, especially if they're the Kotobukiya kit.

 

[IronFingaz]

Darkness as a child

RUDRUM!!!

 

[Darth Caedus]

That's funny

I had a similar experience when my kid said he wanted to be a Time Lord.

Nothing wrong with that.

Plus, if I get her, REALLY nothing wrong with that.

 

[The ill Jedi]

I'd be proud that my kid had an imagination unlike all the dull other kids that are like sheep with the usual answers

Hey at least at that young age he wants to emulate a hero and I agree with Karma, at least he didn't give the same old 'Vanilla' answer most kids always give. Who knows maybe he'll grow up to be a Marine and make his papa proud.

 

[Memnoch]

That's funny

I had a similar experience when my kid said he wanted to be a Time Lord.

Hey now! I still wanna be a time lord, dealing with all that wibley-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

 

[The Mike]

My mother has my kindergarten "When I Grow Up" drawings still in a memory book. We for some reason did this activity three times in one year, once in the Fall, once in the Winter and once in the Spring, I can tell based on the "background" paper the teacher gave us to draw them on. My answers:

• A Cyborg Ninja
• Boba Fett
• Superman's Cousin

Really nothing comes of it, although my mom still laughs and asks me if there are a lot of opportunities for Cyborg Ninja'ing in my classroom....

 

[JonnyReedie]

i dont see anything wrong with what he said,
id find it admirable that he's looking up to a hero at a young age, the fact its a FPS game is irrevant, when i was 4 i wanted to be rambo and a train drive, and ive not killed anyone... or driven a train for that matter.

its a sad world when something like this could be taken seriously...

but dont be embarrassed or worried.

be proud

 

[Agent0028]

I doubt you have much to worry about, the key thing is to teach the difference between reality and the games. Plus there are warning signs to watch out for like cruelty to animals, being overly aggresive with playmates, and having a hard time dealing with anger. Keep an eye out for anything like that and you shouldn't have much to worry about. I have an 8 year old cousin who loves to shoot BB guns and play games like James Bond and Medal of Honor on the playstation and as far as I can tell he's fine.