Jack is very into all kinds of weapons, and rarely leaves the house without some kind of "sword"(often a straw from a milk container) tucked into his pocket. He just discovered the GI Joe characters at the store and, in his words, is "very excited about my GI Joes." He doesn't have any yet, but can't wait to get one - they carry guns and swords! We have many ground rules about his weapons - no hitting people, animals, etc. No aiming at them either. We have decided to encourage him in a positive way - he is now very excited about going to one of the military academies - they will give him a weapon and train him how to use it :). He keeps telling us he is 18 already and can go now, but we remind him preschool is just starting.