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Swedish Dad Takes Gamer Kids To Warzone

Posted by Soulskill on from the my-dad-took-me-to-a-turtle-farm-before-i-could-play-super-mario dept.

Z00L00K sends this excerpt from The Local: A Swedish father has come under fire for taking his two sons on a trip to Israel, the West Bank and occupied Syria in order to teach them the reality of war. [Carl-Magnus Helgegren is] a journalist, university teacher, and proactive dad. And like so many other dads, Helgegren had to have the violent video-game conversation with his two sons, Frank and Leo, aged ten and 11 respectively. "We were sitting at the dinner table last autumn, and my kids started telling me about this game they wanted to play, the latest Call of Duty game, and told me about the guns and missions," Helgegren told The Local on Friday. So Helgegren struck a deal. The family would take a trip to a city impacted by real war. The boys would meet people affected, do interviews, and visit a refugee camp. And when they came back home, they would be free to play whatever games they chose.

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  1. Tetris by decipher_saint · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Kids get in the car. We're goin' to the box factory!"

    --
    crazy dynamite monkey
  2. I would've taken my kids to a warzone... by ADRA · · Score: 4, Funny

    But I took an arrow to the knee.

    --
    Bye!
  3. Re:Whatever games they chose?? by phantomfive · · Score: 5, Funny

    You forgot to tell us to get off your lawn, grandpa. :)

    You can stay on it, if you mow it. I'll pay you 50 cents. Then you gotta get off.

    --
    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
  4. Re:Whatever games they chose?? by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 3, Funny

    /Oblg. "Get off my LAN" (Update for the new millennium)

  5. Re:Gettin All Up In Yo Biznis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who plays an FPS because they wanted to go to war, but didn't like travel?

    Lindsey Graham? Bill Kristol? Dick Cheyney?

  6. Re:Gettin All Up In Yo Biznis by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think that every American should have to take a trip to the war zone

    The last time they tried that was in the late 60s. It didn't go so well.