Back from Vietnam, Bowker observes two young boys "with knapsacks and rifles and canteens" as he drives aimlessly around town. It's likely that you yourself or someone you
know played war games as a child-if not with toy guns, then on a computer screen. Some
Feel that playing war games is unhealthy for children and that it teaches kids to be violent;
THINGS THEY CARRIED--Adapted from the CSU Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum 2021
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others see war games as harmless fun. Which side do you agree with? In a few paragraphs,
write an editorialſfor a parenting magazine in which you try to persuade others of your way
of thinking on the issue. Be sure to include at least one supporting example from your own
experience.