Father takes his sons to SYRIA to put them off guns - PHOTO

Carl-Magnus Helgegren is a Swedish journalist, university teacher, and a father of two boys, Leo, 11 and Frank, 10.Mr Helgegren told MailOnline that was inspired to take his sons on the trip after they asked if they could buy the new violent shooter game when they were eating dinner last year and he became concerned that they did not understand the impact of war.He decided to make a bet with his two sons - if they visited an area which has been plagued by war and tension and spoke to citizens there, then they would be able to play any video game they desired on their return.The pair agreed and the family - including the children's mother Elisa who Mr Helgegren is separated from - embarked on the ten day visit to Israel and the Golan Heights in the occupied parts of Syria.'When I presented this idea at first she hesitated she said "Is it safe?" But she said she would come along to be there for the children so we both did it together. We did it for the sake of our children.' 'I wanted to show them the negative effects war has once the guns and the canons have silenced,' Mr Helgegren told MailOnline.'The people affected are someone's father and brother and sister and mother.'The family arrived in Israel in April before the most recent round of fighting broke out.Mr Helgegren, who has worked in the Middle East as a freelance journalist, is careful to stress the trip was not political. 'We started in Jerusalem and stayed with an Israeli family,' Mr Helgegren explains.(dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az