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Swedish journalist has decided to show his two young sons, obsessed with video games based on the war, which is a real war. He took them with him to Syria and Israel, to show them the harsh realities that exist in war-torn regions, and let them know what is actually used weapons. The trip lasted 10 days, and when the boys came back from it, they are completely transformed.

The idea of ​​this trip came at the dinner table last year, when 11-year-old Leo and 10-year-old Frank pleaded with his father, Karl-Magnus Helgegrena buy them the last part of the game «Call of Duty». My father was very concerned about their obsession with the popular shooter, and asked whether his boys understand the real effect that war has on people.





After this, Carl-Magnus has developed a plan that allows children to teach them a lesson much needed. He made a deal with his sons if they agree to go with him to the war zone, and spend some time with the victims of the hostilities, he would buy them back at any video game, as they may desire.

"I wanted to show them the negative effects of the war, arising as soon as the guns silenced," he said. "Injured people are someone's fathers, brothers, somebody's sisters or mothers," said Helgegren.





Leo Frank, and at first did not believe his father, but when they realized that he was not joking, agreed to the deal. Their mother Eliza, however, extremely reluctant to support the initiative of his father, as it is very worried about the boys. "When I told her about his idea for the first time, she hesitated for a long time, and then ask: is it safe?" Said Helgegren. "But then she said that she would go with us to be with the children. So we did it for the sake of our children ».



Helgegren, who worked as a journalist in the Middle East, at first wanted to go to Iraq or Afghanistan, but came to the conclusion that it was too dangerous. So he opted for the "most imminent war, which can be reached as tourists." So a family of four people in April of this year, beginning 10-day tour of Israel and the occupied part of Syria. Their first stop was Jerusalem, where they stopped at an Israeli family, so that the boys could get a glimpse of the local culture. After 10 days, the boys returned to Sweden, unharmed, and have learned the lesson well. The first thing they told their father that they are no longer interested in games that they wanted to play well before leaving. Instead, they began to show increased interest in the political situation in Syria and Israel.

via factroom.ru