"We like to play war."

Compare the views of these children toward war with those of the mother in the last image. Do the perceptions of young children with respect to war and politics often mirror those of their parents?

Do you think these suburban children are too insulated from the ravages of the Vietnam war to recognize that "playing war" is nothing like the real thing?

Do you think parents, in this age of political correctness, are more apt to discourage their children from playing war than their 1970's counterparts? Are they more reluctant to buy their children play weapons?

As children play war in 2010, how has the face of the perceived "enemy" changed? Are children today any more aware of national and world affairs than in the 1970's?