"Dad, look!" And then I turned around only to find out that my son held my baseball bat and swung a home run at our neighbor’s bike. Well, he ruined the chain alright. The kid was crying. I had to literally drag my kid inside the house. After settling it with our neighbor’s parents, I immediately scolded my kid.

I asked him what was he thinking when he did that. He said, "Hey, CJ gets away with it!" Who is CJ? Oh yeah, I suddenly remembered, CJ is the lead character in a game. My kid is imitating CJ - a violent protagonist.

I told him gently that CJ is a game character and if he gets caught after an assault he could easily get out and escape. I told him that he can’t do this in real life because it is not the same as the game. Funny as it may seem, I think my kid got the point.

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