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Parents raise alarm over ‘family’ events for Armed Forces Day
Armed Forces Day encourages children ‘to think that violence is the answer to the world’s ills. It flies in the face of everything we should be teaching the next generation’
Members of the military march along the Mall during the Charles and Camilla Windsor's coronation in central London, May 6, 2023
CONCERNED parents have raised the alarm over “family” events for Armed Forces Day on Saturday, which are expected to portray weapons and violence as glamorous and fun.
The vast majority of the events involve no restriction on the age at which a child can be invited to handle real weapons.
In previous years, the day has seen children as young as six or seven invited to sit at the controls of artillery pieces, tanks and military aircraft.
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