"My wife decided the game was "too violent," gathered it up and threw it in the trash. It's gone. It's out of print too, so I don't know how easily I can replace it. Didn't talk with me about it, didn't talk with our son about it. Just nope, it's got knights fighting each other and "questionable morals," so in the trash it went. She seems to think this is perfectly reasonable, and doesn't understand why I've started sleeping in the guest room."
"Just to be clear, you are sleeping in the guest room because you are mad about a board game. I get that this is a parenting column, but grow up! What she did was wrong and messed up, but you can also take a step back and consider you might be overreacting. She treated you like a child by throwing something away while you w"
A 37-year-old father shares that his eight-year-old son, Todd, became interested in King Arthur stories, prompting the father to retrieve a 1980 board game, Knights of Camelot, from the attic. The father allowed Todd to play the game on his desk and keep track of pieces. The wife decided the game was "too violent," gathered it up without consulting either parent or the child, and threw it in the trash; the game is out of print and difficult to replace. The father is very angry, has been sleeping in the guest room, and seeks advice. A response calls the father's reaction excessive while acknowledging the wife's action was wrong.
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