Czy dzieci mogą bawić się zabawkową bronią? Analiza dyskursu w internecie

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The article presents how the discourse around toys imitating weapons is shaping in relation to contemporary visions of childhood. It is based on conclusions drawn from my own research on Internet discourse based on Polish-language websites. The work presents various visions of childhood, with particular emphasis on the concept of the vulnerable child and issues related to toy weapons from a sociological perspective. The main part of the work presents the methodology, the course of the study and its results. The author presents four positions representing different approaches to toy weapons and the possibilities of children playing war, and also indicates the main arguments used by representatives of the specified positions. Moreover, the author analyzes the co-occurrence of codes that emerged during the study. The analysis of the collected results indicates that the concept of a fragile child is not the only vision of childhood in Poland. There is a large group of adults who claim that children have the right to know about war, weapons and the problem of violence, and that playing with weapons is a natural part of development and builds boys' identity.