I would be disturbed too, but personally I don't know how much violent imagery really means coming from a child. Has there been a connection found between violent imagery from very young children and actual violence later in life? I mean, yes, for older children, adolescents, and adults: with other evidence and depending on the context, depicting or describing violence without relevant context could suggest that there are violent tendencies. But for really young children? I dunno...
I mean, isn't it "normal" for children to draw drawings of battlefield scenes? Don't they play with actions figures and toy soldiers and pretend that they are killing each other? Don't children sometimes draw dead people with x's for eyes? Don't they sometimes have blood in their drawings?
Consider: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8045929.stm
I sort of tend to agree that we sanitize too much of the crap to which we allow our kids to be exposed.
So I don't know. It's your call anyway.
Originally Posted by Think
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