Gever Tulley 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Child Do

Gever Tulley says, “We live in a world that's subjected to ever more stringent child safety regulations. There doesn't seem to be any limit on how crazy child safety regulations can get. We put warnings on coffee cups to tell us that the contents may be hot. We seem to think that any item sharper than a golf ball is too sharp for children under the age of ten.” So where does this trend stop? Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering school, challenges the audience to consider these questions in his TED Talk video “5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Child Do.” Would you let your children play with a pocket knife? Throw a spear? Play with fire? Deconstruct appliances? Drive a car? According to the advice of Gever Tulley, you should. In this video Gever Tulley presents an overview by describing the importance of allowing children to do dangerous things with parental supervision because this way they learn just how the world works. By doing unsafe
He states that by learning to control this mysterious elemental force in nature is a pivotal moment for any child’s experience. “Children not only learn about intake, combustion, and exhaust, which are the basic key elements of controlling a fire.” Children also learn about cause and effect, and begin to comprehend that even a small flame is capable of becoming a large fire. Allowing children the opportunity and actively encouraging them in a safe environment is not a dangerous act but a positive reinforcement of expressing the importance of fire safety so that children get to see the big picture and learn about responsibility. One safe way to experience fire with children is by building a camp fire. Parents can educate children about the environment, survival techniques, and safety while fully expressing the importance of not playing with fire in an unsafe manner and without adult supervision due to the many dangers that fire is known to