Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do

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www.ted.com Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, spells out 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do. From TED University 2007.
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@katherineprewitt8851 10 лет назад

"But they're young: they heal fast." It's so true! Am I traumatized by the times I skinned my knee as a child? No. Was I wrapped in bubblewrap as a child? No. Hey, check it out: I survived to adulthood with practically no effort.

@samwallaceart288 8 лет назад

I've done some stupid stuff and I can honestly say there was only one time it was something I regretted doing: I saw a washing machine (vertical bin type) that was on its spin-dry cycle. This house was still under construction and as such there was a loose stick of 1:1 plywood laying about. I took the plywood and thought "I wonder if the clothes will spool around the stick just like cotton candy?....." Upon dipping the stick, I learned that clothes and sugar syrup are nothing alike; the plywood stick was ripped out of my hand and awkwardly pounced back and forth within the barrel before violently shooting straight up into the ceiling. Luckily I had stepped back by that time or I might have got my head impaled. I sighed and said "Ok, now I know I'm never doing that again EVER." and closed the lid of the machine. Other than that one time, tho, I got no regrets.

@edi9892 10 лет назад

In short let them learn responsibility. It is better to tell/show how things can be dangerous rather than telling them to stay away from them. Nowardays even adults know little about fire (how it starts, when it gets out of control, how to extinguish it...). I also miss that kids don't learn their limits, eg.: how deep can I jump without hurting me? Climbing is definitely something kids should be allowed to do (instead of making a screen their babysitter).

@GeoFry3 9 лет назад

Pretty much described my childhood and the complete opposite of my sister's kids, which is why I too "borrow" them during the summer and make sure they get to do things that their mother would strongly disapprove. This year the 12 year old (the oldest of 4) will learn to drive stick (he can reach the peddles and see over the dash and get to fly an airplane (Cessna) in addition to tamer things I managed to talk her into let him do, such as learn to scuba dive and use a MIG-welder.

@RJCooper2 9 лет назад

Thank you Mr. Tulley, yours is a message that needs to get into our culture. For kids to feel positive about the world they live in, they need to understand how things work. I am very thankful to my Dad for teaching me to use and fix things with tools from a young age. By the time I could pick up a paint brush, he was teaching me to dip, apply, and wipe up paint with a rag when it dripped. My wife wouldn't allow any of our kids to get near paint, because she was afraid they would swallow it; as a result, neither of my sons, nor my daughter paints. I'm eager to read the 50 things ... book, and make it a gift to my daughter, who know has a family of her own.

@madmonkey9143 10 лет назад

When I was eight, I made my own bows and arrows for messing around in the woods, With a knife, a roll of string, saplings, and some chicken feathers. And cactus spines for arrowheads, wrapped with thread and a little bead to keep them on.

@glowstick8639 7 лет назад

I think thats bs, cacti aren't in the woods.

@kaylar.8126 7 лет назад

My uncle was running with an arrow, tripped and fell on the arrow, swallowing it. Luckily he got it taken out and survived. He later had a child who went to an amusement park and died after a tree fell on him. My uncle did not die being reckless yet my cousin died of a random accident. Life is weird that way. We can't predict everything. It is good to live life to fullest because you never no what is going to happen!

@leagueaddict8357 7 лет назад

But, was the arrow made out of the same tree's wood that killed your cousin? if so id call it revenge for suffocating the arrow

@That1J1 5 лет назад

This has been my favorite Ted Talk for over a decade now. So impactful.

@DavidEmerling79 9 лет назад

I have allowed my kids to do *all* these things! Mostly, because I was a horrible parent. But now I realize, unwittingly, I was light years ahead of my time. I feel so much better about myself. As it turns out, I was an *awesome* parents! :)

@mashudakarbary1470 7 лет назад

David Emerling aww hahahahha

@jdr0066 16 лет назад

It's good to see that there is still somebody like this guy around, and he's trying to open the mind of other parents. I remember my first pocket knife, driving when I was 8 or so, campfires, and taking apart all my toys and trying to put them back together. Those experiences have taught me responsibility and reasoning, things that a lot of kids just don't seem to have anymore.

@joemac356 10 лет назад

A major portion of parenting should be supervising them with things that can injure and cause harm. My son was fascinated at an early age with the idea of being up on a roof. I took him up on the roof so he could experience it. He was only allowed on the roof with my supervision. He soon lost his fascination and moved on to other things. I taught him about fire, water, ice, magnets, knives, hammers, implements of destruction and tools of construction. He's nearly thirty now and has his own business in tel-com. Children, being naturally curious, should be afforded the opportunities to handle and explore the things that do work and assist people to get things done. It can be a dangerous world. Explain the dangers. I was allowed to drink from the garden hose. I never liked the taste.

@matheusmarquesfalcao.6664 Месяц назад

Very good!

@silouettesshadow 10 лет назад

If your a 80's child or older, we did these things day in and day one.

@jasonhoblin 16 лет назад

excellent.

@heatherwallace3397 Год назад

Thank you so much! This is amazing, and I wish that we were closer 14 years later than we are now. My boys whittle in their progressive private school. So my 6 year old comes home, grabs a knife and a tree branch and whittles away! I have had a disagreement with a neighbor about what I allow my children to do, and I am working on being confident in those choices and fighting for that right to make those choices for my children!

@dantsuale 11 лет назад

Really makes me think that my parents let me do all these things during my childhood. Especially the fact that all of these things left me remarkable memories and experiences. Great speech!

@einhverfr 11 лет назад

I am starting to teach my kids to cook on a gas stove. The older is 9, the younger is 5. It's a great way to introduce kids to a wide range of complex tasks including understanding fire, understanding heat risks, knife safety, and much much more. One other thing that occurs to me is that we all cut ourselves with knives by accident sometimes. I cut through the skin a couple years ago with a pocket knife because I was being stupid. But even minor accidents build confidence in what we can do

@litocall1 12 лет назад

Pretty great ideas! I'm looking for things to do with my kids this summer, and this gives me so many ideas.

@gemini451960 10 лет назад

The BSA (Boy Scouts of America) is the best Youth organization around the entire world that promotes almost everything you speak of through it's merit badge program and camping. (I was a leader for about 14 years!) Fire Building, Archery, Pocket Knives, Engineering merit badges, Pioneering and Outdoor Survival, Leadership Skills and so much more. The only thing the BSA does not promote is the "driving a car for little kids" idea! But I personally agree with that idea - I taught my 14 year old sister how to drive in the early 80's - we had a blast together - breaking the law! Kids today are also brilliant when it comes to understanding how to break into or hack technology. Allowing kids the freedom to explore their world is the best way for them to learn and understand it. GREAT TED TALK!!!!!

@boydism08 16 лет назад

Really inspiring. Major influence in my artwork. Thanks so much.

@mmarie0789 12 лет назад

I see your point. However, I was a kid who was allowed to sit on my mom's lap in the mini van and handle the wheel while she did the peddles. I think in the end it didn't make me less excited about getting a license (because it's the independence that's probably the most exciting), rather, it made learning to drive a little easier in the process. To each their own, though! : )

@antiveggiemonster 12 лет назад

i've never been allowed to do any of these :(

@kaaraayame 11 лет назад

We need that in the U.S.

@Lievcocijo 10 лет назад

most of the worst injuries my brother and I inflicted to each other where from things we didnt know or realize would produce so much damage

@DavidBall67 16 лет назад

Magnificent. I can't wait to put this into practice. :D

@rmcdaniel423 14 лет назад

I've had a very similar conversation with my father-in-law. One example that sticks in my mind is his story of him and his friend at age 10 or 12, walking across town with .22 caliber rifles slung over their shoulders, no parents in sight. They were heading to a woodlot for rabbit hunting. The cop that stopped them made sure the bullets were safely in their pockets, that their parents knew where they were going, then said "good luck boys!" as he let them go their merry way.

@KimikoAiri 12 лет назад

Wish my parents would had listened to this when I was young! But now I can do this with my kids, so they can learn earlier than I did!

@psindrup 14 лет назад

Fantastic video. :-)

@losethegame101 14 лет назад

"Drive a car" Hell, now I'm getting nostalgic. My dad used to pull into our lane and let me sit on his lap and he'd let me steer the car home while he worked the pedals. Man, those were the days.

@TheBetterManInBlack 7 лет назад

With the sole exception of breaking the digital copywrite act, all of these things were a normal and expected part of childhood when I was growing up.

@bjcsupertortoise 10 лет назад

That's what I was thinking about!

@sujaysukumar123 15 лет назад

I'd want to start a tinkering school of my own too :)

@Ununillium 12 лет назад

So how do we fix it?

@manthasagittarius1 11 лет назад

A Leatherman tool is a great multi-utility knife. You could also explore the variety of Swiss Army knives -- I got a Craftsman model as a teen, and I gave another model to my 10 year old nephew (a "fisherman", hefty and full of bells and whistles) and the only bad thing that ever happened was he got into fights with his father occasionally, because his old man kept "borrowing" it. Better yet, let the kids research all the attachments themselves and choose what they like.

@themathguy 16 лет назад

"Deconstruct appliances" -- I love it! I think I probably eventually broke every toy I ever got by taking it apart. LOL!

@Valix22 16 лет назад

Go man go! The school my son goes to actually suspended one of his friends for having a multitool at school. I complained to the principal in person with another 2 parents and he said it's district policy. It's also policy to put every crap electronic they can find in classrooms and then have the guts to ask for extra funding. Hell my kid can hardly write without a keyboard anymore...

@javiazar 13 лет назад

Between my step-father and father, they made sure I did all these things as a child. I remember lighting my own fireworks and having my own lighter as a kid. I remember my first swiss army knife, I remember doing target practice with it. I remember my step-father teaching me how to use a power drill WAY before I was 10 years old. I remember my father sitting me on his lap and have me turn the wheel of the car while he operated the pedals. I think I had a privileged childhood.

@idrayas2 11 лет назад

dismantling and put back things really come in handy after i began to live myself... well i still somehow regret my first use of a rubber mallet... which was killing a frog... the blood that splatted is still a horror. the funny thing is everything that i know about fixing things were actualy tought by my mom. dad have no guts to touch everything with warranty sticker on it... it might be a sad but my first friend is a toolbox... and power tools cabinet for the second...

@Selene5deum 7 лет назад

sigh ... maybe if I had done (some of) this stuff I wouldn't be so damn clumsy now

@nickbhalo 11 лет назад

pfft... me and my brother used to play with high voltage capacitors all the time and at least I'm still alive... RIP Rob

@melaniemeyer9854 11 лет назад

I would love to hear more on the ritual. i am a mother of two girls - we are serious campers and go out into the wilderness almost every month and holiday. living in south africa helps and we go into far and extremely remote places. both myself and my husband wear leathermans (knives) on our belts everyday of our lives _ Even now in front of my computer i have it one (in the city). it gets used all the time.... i would love to give my girls their own leathermans this year on their birthdays.

@lokinomagra7543 11 лет назад

My dad let me steer his truck when I sat on his lap. I ran into a small ditch in about 7 seconds but it was so fun. I learned not to take corners sharply, and I've been great at making curves ever since. Coincidentally I don't want to drive anymore.

@Makermook 14 лет назад

Excellent! All my kids have done all of these except taking apart a washing machine. We make stuff all the time, but deconstruction is an intriguing idea. I've made knives for all my kids, they build fires, they get to drive in the neighborhood...if they grew up hermetically sealed within an owie-free cocoon, they'd have a HELL of a time dealing with the real world. Bless this guy.

@thehouseofhoops 14 лет назад

I am too! Thank goodness for laws!

@sakeetarosen5081 10 лет назад

This is how my mother raised me haha I was always doing dangerous stuff as a kid. But I actually didnt get hurt that badly. My first broken bone was IN SCHOOL. My first massive back injury, IN SCHOOL. Sliced my finger, and bled all over, IN SCHOOL. Never at home.

@DenysYaremenko 16 лет назад

i remember the first time i played with matches!:)

@dejygopuram6039 6 лет назад

10 years ago gosh!

@Scalie621 16 лет назад

Which culture might that be if you don't mind me asking?

@sujaysukumar123 15 лет назад

WOW!!!! - That is so true :)

@mvaguero 11 лет назад

he he he this is so awesome! Im originally from Costa Rica and from a very young age I was sent to leave with my grandparents in the middle of the jungle. At the age of 6 I was given my first machete, and I have the scars to prove it. Some of the things that I used to play included poisonous spiders, fire ants, scorpions, wasps. I went shrimp fishing, iguana hunting. And did soo many dangerous activities. I dont know how I am still alive!

@Beamish5495 11 лет назад

I remember my grandfather letting me use a band saw when I was 10 years old...and my grandfather constantly complains about how he was operating farm equipment when he was 8 and now its considered to dangerous and how kids have gotten weak and lazy due to being babied... I agree completely

@zulain6213 7 лет назад

my mom was realy protective but i still played with fire and got a knife and spentd all day opening things that i wasnt suposed to

@goodmaro 9 лет назад

The 1st 2 things were pretty obvious, same as I & probably most people would've guessed. After that, interesting choices, probably in part to take a broad swath of different kinds of things & dangers. I'd've guessed swimming to have been included in the 1st 5.

@GeoFry3 9 лет назад

Kids should be taught how to swim about the same time they learn to walk. A 12 year just learning to swim is 11 years overdue. Once they learn to walk, if there is a pool nearby they will be in it and if they don't know how to swim.....

@breimalislobodnoime 16 лет назад

I remember during the war in Bosnia I saw in the news about a boy who got his whole family across the border to Serbia in his fathers Yugo (I don't know where his father was...) he was around 8-9y old, I think we underestimate our children

@williamjenkins4913 11 лет назад

My grandfather would say "Dont do this, never do this. But since I know you are going to do it anyway this is how you do it safely". Under proper adult supervision is when I learn almost all of my basic safety conscientiousness. Sure I knicked my hand sure I burned my self but my family was there to make sure I didnt do any thing really stupid and deadly. So by the time I was in my teens and was doing things that were incredibly stupid I had ingrained the rules that kept me from killing myself.

@Respectable_Username 12 лет назад

the only part i disagree with is the driving thing. being able to get behind the wheel is one of those great steps in the process of coming of age. i know that if i had been allowed to try my parents car when i was a kid, i wouldn't be nearly as exited for the day i get my learners licence in a few months as i associate driving a car with something adults do and when i reach an age where i can do it for myself, it has a much bigger significance.

@1godlessmonkey 12 лет назад

Mom: "Pa' que aprendas!!!"

@tuliof 13 лет назад

I' am glad I had the freedom to do all those things when I was I child.

@pintaildrake2004 16 лет назад

I remember when i got my first pocket knife- but i was not allowed to play with it until i was a bit older. I got my first rifle when i was 5 supervision is the key. When i got into school, i excelled in many classes: science, history, chemistry, drivers ed, ect because i was exposed to these things early. being in my early 20's i was still able to carry a knife all through grade school and high school before they banned that. kids who have not been exposed are the ones who pose a problem.

@sakeetarosen5081 10 лет назад

same girl

@eight-double-three 11 лет назад

I was test driving my grandfathers motorcycle once in a while (with him on the back seat, of course) But I never ever thought of "borrowing" it! Maybe I was a really intelligent kid, but I did fear the consequences - not an accident, obviously, but my parents' and grandparents' anger! ;)

@KrzysztofKotarba 11 лет назад

I did all those things as a kid.

@video673714 12 лет назад

Maybe we come from different backgrounds. I grew up in the country where these kind of things are no big deal. If you missed out on such a fun experience that sucks. I felt like a big man sitting on his lap cruising down the deserted country road going 40mph. I grew up when there we no bike helmets, kids cut themselves and learned from their mistakes, and at times did some dumb things but learned from it.

@lebasson 11 лет назад

Yes, but unfortunately there seems to be a very real consequence which is that through extension of being warned about every little this or that we stop thinking for ourselves.

@Geeksmithing 10 лет назад

If they watch the documentary on this subject, they will definitely have a change of perspective about tort reform. Just the pictures of that old woman's lap were super hard to look at...

@wadenkrampf0815 11 лет назад

My first universal tool was my mind, but it took me a couple of years to figure that out.

@zigaudrey 2 года назад

After watching the other video, I was like how about these things? The kids may be killed! I got my right hand burn when I was young and I grew up with pyrophobia. I have a fear of misusing knife. Not to mention I developed destructive thought from bullying. I used to trow a stick from a up stair (that lead to kindergarten) and almost hit a baby from a woman and got scolded by my mom after the woman tell her. I told myself to never play again (and sing about it). Well, I don't have a good childhood in both ways.

@kabloozie 11 лет назад

My 91 year old dad gave my son 1) a fire starter flint, 2) a pocket knife, 3) old engine parts to take apart, 3) let my son use a jig saw, and 4) bought him a bb gun and a sling shot. He said these were things he got before he was 10, and he thought my son should have them. I would like to add - climb a tree. Holy heck, did this guy talk to my dad?

@Seirunir 12 лет назад

I 'drove' a car as a child one time... 3 meters... right into the gate of my grandfathers garage... I think it was the most frightening moment in my life xD

@dmcnare 12 лет назад

This TED talk is seriously under-known.

@kd1s 11 лет назад

As a youngster I had discovered that a butter knife could extract screws from a LOT of things. As I got older I could freak my mom out with shorting a screwdriver across capacitors. :)

@jkenlive 14 лет назад

Growing up I performed all 5-1/2 activities discussed here. Of course there weren't any laws, then... Now that I'm an adult, there's so many laws to keep me and corporations safe. Thank goodness, I survived to live in this truly safer day and age.

@reivilo 16 лет назад

unreal... We learned to use fire as a tool, pocket knifes where standard gear, and built stuff from scratch using everything imaginable. to bad because playing in the woods was a fundamental part of my childhood. what do they teach now?

@anthonymessersmith262 10 лет назад

I understand what your saying, you are correct to a point, however what craig said is true as well, had it not been for cases like that, they WOULD NOT have changed it. It's not about our safety, it's about covering your ass and giving the appearance that these changes are being made "for the good of the people" so that it is received by others as being proactive about safety. They wouldn't have kept it at high temps in the 1st place if it was about safety. Oh and their food kills us over time=p

@CraigSmithPlaysDayZ 11 лет назад

The reason we put all of those warnings on everything isn't for the safety of the kids or people who handle it. It's because without those warnings someone can sue the living crap out of your company. Those warnings didn't start appearing on everything until people started making millions because they spilled hot coffee in their lap or decided to chew on a toy or a piece of plastic and nearly choked to death. These warnings hasn't caused much of a decline of injurys. Just a decline in lawsuits.

@DreamsCatcher101 13 лет назад

I got a 5 year old girl and we take stuff apart all the time.

@TheFoxfeather 12 лет назад

:P i remember when i threw a think wood that looked like a spear and it gave me tons of splinters... GOD that was painful! well, lesson learned.

@eight-double-three 11 лет назад

I would say, they are travelling like 1 mph... ;) Or at least I would not try teach my child how to drive in a manner that involves driving with highway speeds at first! ;)

@3lixus 16 лет назад

this guy is soo right , overprotection ruins your children , i nagged my father since my 7th for a pocket knife , he always told at 10y old you get 1 , once i had it it was my wonder.

@Kofeelite 16 лет назад

i can't wait to let my 2 yr old grandbabies deconstruct something-although the 8 yr old would probably love it too! beats taking her to Chucky Cheese!

@Levermonkey 5 лет назад

I'm from a generation that, sort of, believes that unless your childhood involved at least 5 trips to A&E ... You didn't have a childhood! Steering a car on the public road on an adult's lap from the age of 5 (Changing gears at the same age). Motorcycles at the age of 6. Learnt to drive off road in a Land Rover at 10 because I could finally reach all the controls at the same time. Grew up in Army married quarters so out the door at 'sparrow's fart' and don't return till sundown. I had sweet FA as a child in respect of toys, but I wouldn't swap it for the world.

@ChristieNel 11 лет назад

I learned to drive that way on a gravel road by the airfield. But do you think when I drove through a puddle, making a wave go through the open window of the guy going past that he'd believe my dad when he said it was me driving? Instead my dad was an "irresponsible driver" and "a coward for blaming his son." Ahh, the good old days.

@kedwardsTWO 10 лет назад

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks H&S is getting out of hand

@zohanthecat 11 лет назад

Mom said I could stay up as late as i wanted, as long as I was reading. Dad said here's a dirt bike and a front end loader. I had a blast.

@WilliamABrenk 16 лет назад

Honestly, I am amazed that someone has the guts to tell it like it really should be in this "overprotective society" of ours. Excellent thouhts. Williamabrenk go to Look Outside

@Kr0n0s217 10 лет назад

counting fail

@Raynor9X9 11 лет назад

How many of you had parents who never let you do these things but you did them anyways? I remember the first time I played with matches and nearly set the carpet on fire. Or the first time one of my parents left the keys in the car when I was very young, I hopped in the driver's seat, and nearly backed the car into a tree. Or the time I nearly cut the top of my finger clean off with my dad's razor. Children will always be curious and parents should supervise their explorations, not inhibit them.

@Ramshobraja 14 лет назад

I have done most of those things as a kid. Except for throwing a spear lol.

@ASkippingRock 12 лет назад

This is everything I wanted and built that my mother had a conniption over.

@Japhir13 11 лет назад

That is not true. The drinking limit is set on 16 years old for the "soft" alcohol, such as beer and wine, 18 years for the strong stuff, like vodka etc. It is pretty low in my opinion, but it's allright.

@idrayas2 11 лет назад

ah the pocket knife, its a luxury in my country... not much you can find in a dollar store or retail shop... they sold it in swiss army booth. i could buy 100 of blades for one of them... but i think i play machette, saw, hoe, screwdriver and all since grad school so i guess it would already counted as having it... lol the old times...

@video673714 12 лет назад

my greatest memory is when my dad would let me steer the car while sitting on his lap. Of course this was in the country and not speeding down the highway.

@Scalie621 16 лет назад

It took you 5 months to reply but thank you for telling me. :D

@DiaconescuAlexandru2024 7 лет назад

While my mom is not home I cut parmesan with a knife, did I die ? No. And I'm 11 years old. My mom divorced so when she's gone to Kaufland or to the post I'm on my own.

@mashudakarbary1470 7 лет назад

Alex D 2016 awwwwwww❤

@undergroundo 11 лет назад

Interesting, but I noticed he's not basing any of his points other that in his opinion. Some studies on actual accident rate and consecuences would have been welcomed.

@sejadtahan 13 лет назад

i was suspended from school for bringing a pocketknife in 3rd or 4th grade :(

@ThePsychoReturns 12 лет назад

He was referring to safety devices like helmets.

@Silentsenior09 10 лет назад

I don't agree with throwing sharp objects and this is mostly because I've been the target of the sharp objects, unintentionally, in several cases. That aside, I can agree with the whole idea, "kids need to explore those boundaries," so they can make sense of why there are boundaries or precautions existing in the first place. Edit: Thank you for any replies. I will now being disabling replies, because my mind is no longer thinking about this video or the assignment I had to do with respect to this video. Feel free to peruse the replies. =)

@Thoreaux 10 лет назад

It's not just about boundaries and responsibilities. My favorite thing that he listed was to take something apart. There are so many obstacles in an adult's life which stem from the fact that they assume some things are just unknowable to them and that they're better off not thinking about it or, worse, that one guess is as good as another. When you're a kid the majority of the word is mysterious to you in this way and if you show them that anything in the universe, no matter how complicated, can be disassembled into smaller less mysterious components you're demonstrating to them, through practice, that ignorance is quite easily conquerable. It's SO good.

@Silentsenior09 10 лет назад

Very true. Things seem impossible, but one of the greatest things not directly covered in the video is to take each task, challenge, project, problem, or mystery one day at a time. My apologies if I seemed like I was trying to poke at a flaw within the video. I actually had a school assignment that involved me watching this and then giving my 2-cents worth of input on it. This was kind of my way of getting my thoughts down, on the computer screen (rough draft), before I concluded anything. I actually ended up removing my initial objection when I submitted my response for my class. ^^" I think what threw me initially was his opener about taking what he had to say with a grain of salt. I know that was his way of just breaking the ice, but that's probably what caused my mind to feel a little unsure about the point of this program he was discussing with the audience. Thanks for filling in some blanks I sort of had. =)

@cameronatkinson2795 10 лет назад

I don't think it was mean to be specifically about throwing sharp objects, but about throwing in general. The speaker talked about how it helps develop a sense of third dimensional understanding for objects in motion. Really the same could be achieved by throwing a football.

@Silentsenior09 9 лет назад

Cameron Atkinson Yep, thanks a bundle for having commented. =D

@6thmy 11 лет назад

You seem to speak in a general sense, I'd like to point out this that this is somewhat ingrained mostly, or even only, in the US society.

@hannahkahrs9132 11 лет назад

My older brother started carrying around a lighter when he was 8. My little brother is three, he handles knives by himself( their not that sharp) nd he can shoot my bebe gun.

@sleepyatnoon 11 лет назад

I used to throw the 'hot coffee' story around a lot until I learned that this actually was a terrible accident. The woman had 3rd degree burns on legs, rear and genitals (imaging how that feels)and spent 3 years in the hospital for rehabilitation. Now I use the 'dog-drying-in-microwave' instead