tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751051528365447234.post803762165224664421..comments2023-04-08T04:21:57.037-05:00Comments on made for JOY: Of Pirates and Sword Fightin'Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230149152827999152noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751051528365447234.post-80218808584905520482009-08-07T15:48:38.199-05:002009-08-07T15:48:38.199-05:00It is always dangerous to have a little boy! Too ...It is always dangerous to have a little boy! Too true! <br /><br />Let's pray for our little men, that they survive their childhoods and become saints, warriors for the Kingdom! And let's pray for their parents, that we survive their childhoods and become saints too!<br /><br />(Is this why hubby and I breathed a sigh of relief when our youngest was another girl?)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230149152827999152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751051528365447234.post-32058741530487345782009-08-07T12:33:41.706-05:002009-08-07T12:33:41.706-05:00I have been reluctant. But if I don't find th...<i>I have been reluctant. But if I don't find the swords, they'll be using sticks, or something else, anyway.</i><br /><br />You're quite right.<br /><br />What you wrote here reminds me of Chesterton's essay, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20071103004110/www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~mward/gkc/books/The_Terror_of_a_Toy.html" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">"The Terror of a Toy"</a>, which begins thusly:<br /><br /><i>It would be too high and hopeful a compliment to say that the world is becoming absolutely babyish. For its chief weak-mindedness is an inability to appreciate the intelligence of babies. On every side we hear whispers and warnings that would have appeared half-witted to the Wise Men of Gotham. Only this Christmas I was told in a toy-shop that not so many bows and arrows were being made for little boys; because they were considered dangerous. It might in some circumstances be dangerous to have a little bow. It is always dangerous to have a little boy.</i><br /><br />Ha!John Jansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241558776415884637noreply@blogger.com