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

[crudhousefull]

This would carry much more weight if he had kids...

[souleaterfan1234]

I like the native Amer. tribe's way of raising a baby, let the child touch the fire,

[sejadtahan]

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

[javixm]

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.

[tuliof]

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

[AkimotoMichiyo]

Just don't take apart fridges - nobody wants Freon in your system!

[Nizow]

I think the biggest reason my generation are petrified about their kids getting hurt or killed is we remember all the crazy idiotic thing WE did as kids, everything in the video above and more, and we try to protect them from that. Although as a parent myself, I surppress those fears (largely played up my the world media or other retarded kids who blow off a few fingers playing with fireworks and the likes) & let my kids go for it, it the ONLY time in their lives they will get to be, so let them

[hedgehogzilla]

people people, im pretty sure he's not gonna leave them alone with these power toys etc, there is still an element of safety, otherwise he would be shut down, even in jail, so calm down, give it a rest!

[StrokeAndChoke]

I hope this guys school is still around when I have kids

[kitty13571]

100'ds of children showed this to there parents and still weren't allowed to anything

[clevername333]

@SaInTsRoW3Gameplay, my childhood was spent doing nothing but tinkering, and playing with fire and knives. I am now a designer traveling the world with a life of creation, adventure, and beauty. Kids need to have access to sharp objects, fire, risk and danger.

[clevername333]

14 dislikes? WHY? That causes sad face emoticon :-(

Kids need danger. Go check out my youtube channel. Nothing but further exploration and danger. :-D

[DreamsCatcher101]

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

[Zaharkl]

as a kid i always played with knives made bow and arows made wooden swords and fought each other(war, it hurt!) trecked around my neighborehood at the age of 3 i played with matches etc. i have cut myself only a few times. and that was cutting bread and a throwing star. fire i only lit a hill on fire once and thats all

[xRealityyy]

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[psindrup]

Fantastic video. :-)

[albertlingbr]

Nice lecture! kids need WAY more freedom than they do now.

playing with fire and knives is very very safe. only a stupid child would hurt himself...

humans evolved to live in the JUNGLE... imagine how much more dangerous is that than driving a car with grownup supervision or - god forbid - playing with some fire and pocketknives

[safu128]

now im 14 and i do believe that this would have had an effect on how i live and how my brain works today but the last point i did get to try out when i was five, i drove the car into a sand dune and it got stuck, they never did let me drive again but it was fun while it lasted

[rmcdaniel423]

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.

[nofunsir]

@rmcdaniel423 I miss that world...

[Makermook]

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.

[AliceHatt]

If only these were my parents.

I think I'm going to buy a washer, just so I can take it apart.

[mslaurahamilton]

I agree with most of these, but why throwing a SPEAR? Throwing a ball or a non-sharp object would achieve the same purpose. Duh.

I also think that these activities might OK for only children, but my two boys (3 and 6yo) would kill/maim each other if they both had knives, much less spears to throw. Not on purpose, but they get carried away when they are playing, especially the 3yo.

[JKenLive]

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.

[thehouseofhoops]

I am too! Thank goodness for laws!

[Kriegsarschmann]

When I was three years old my grandfather and I went out, and I got to shoot the .22 rifle. I was doing things all the time, I think my brain received a growth boost due to it. In fact, according to mom, I remember when I was 11 months old. How? I remember I was walking around in her high heels, and they would make this extremely loud "clack" that pissed grandma off.

Also, I got to "fly" (keep it level as a copilot) at four. I intend to raise my kids like I was raised, with love and curiosity.

[Ramshobraja]

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

[peaceoutage]

BORING!!!!!

[losethegame101]

"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.

[sujaysukumar123]

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

[sujaysukumar123]

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

[somedaypilot]

In short, let them join boy scouts

[TehNewV]

Play with fire

Own a Knife

Throw a spear

Deconstruct Appliances

Break the DMCA

!

[jackdent1982]

Our kids need knowledge more than material things.

[NerdFangs]

Part of the problem lies in the way our society views kids. We see them as small, weak and stupid, and view childhood as just a "phase" before they are ready to get a job.

[kittykattykoo]

I remember my younger brother used to deconstruct everything! Even if they're new. Sometimes he begged dad to buy something just for him to deconstruct it soon after we arrived home. :D

[DontTouchMyTea]

There really are many big and little rules that you have to think about when handling a knife or starting a fire so you're safe around those things. I certainly think that needs training from childhood on.

[xingfenzhen]

i used to play around construction zones in china. great place to light firecrackers.

[1godlessmonkey]

Pain is a part of life. The sooner kids learn that, the better! Growing up in Mexico, I got used from an early age to be careful when I played and to use COMMON SENSE!!!!! American can be total pussies when it come to kids!

[ThePsychoReturns]

"Parents have taken all the fun out of being a kid, just to save a few thousand lives. It's pathetic!" - George Carlin

[cruxifide]

he wouldnt be saying that if his kid died...

[ThePsychoReturns]

Maybe not, but she didn't.

Because Carlin was an awesome parent.

[greengringo2003]

That's right! We should wrap our precious babies in foam and plastic, and not let them experience anything! They are too, too precious for that. And, they might find out what pussies we are.

[EnmaDarei]

If you don't let your kids do things they'll probably end up dying, hurting themselves or being incompetent when confronted to the REAL world for themselves.

Also, there's no reason for a kid to die doing these things, they're not stupid.

[Apekatt3000]

In the long run we're all dead.

[NotthepinkcatAeris]

I have not finished this, and I already like it. Children heal well for a reason. Let the little linolium lizards learn a healthy respect for gravity and Newtonian physics in a way not involving nerf.

[54spiritedwill54]

wait he said 5 twice but thats okay

[NoFreeSpeechonYT]

Guess I should have watched the whole video before commenting!

[NoFreeSpeechonYT]

Eskimos used to let their children play with extremely sharp knives at a very young age. They grew up with a great respect of, and great skill with, very sharp knives. I'm sure the helmet wearing kids on bikes and skateboards have spared many from brain injuries, but I think all the safety measures have turned our children into cowards and weaklings.

[hamstergeisha76]

I wish at times my family were not so overprotective of me when I was a kid as now at my age I get so paranoid everything. What's worse is I have been living with my grandmother since she was widowed a year ago, and she still bothers me with her worries that I will get sick or die if I go out in hot weather, or I'll get hurt going into another city, or even just fixing something in her house. One thing for sure I'm never going to be raising my children in the manner that I was raised.

[harryogre]

Great Video! I was given my first pocket knife at the age of 4.

My mother was beside herself but the men in my family insisted. About a week later it was "lost" somehow while I slept. About 6 months later my brother gave me another and we didn't tell my mother. The pocket knife is the single most versatile tool mankind has ever invented.

[3lixus]

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.

[hetisikjorenn]

TSJERNOBYL I TELL YOU!!

[breimalislobodnoime]

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

[crouchtig]

Spear throwing rules. But always make sure the neighbours aren't intheir gardens. Sometimes throws go through the hedge...

[AzazelLucifer42]

ACKK!!! Someone just hit me with a spear!!!

X_X

[LobsterMassage]

My parents let me do all that stuff, and I feel much better off for it.

[ManBearPiglet]

Teach them resourcefulness by limiting the frequency of washing dishes or clothes.

What is perhaps reusable?

Skills every boy will need when they hit their bachelor years.

[AzazelLucifer42]

So true.

Speaking of which, I've only worn this shirt for three days now...it's still "clean"...

[Valix22]

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...

[wolfie1997]

hey that makes sense!! your totally right!

[WilliamABrenk]

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

[SirMildredPierce]

I found it excellent and refreshing advice. But I would point out that as far as "like it really should be", while certainly our "overprotective society" certainly influences the way we raise our kids, these decisions are essentially personal ones, and in the long run it is the way we raise our kids that determines the society.

[jedaqia]

In my culture, the first food we 'eat' is a piece of chewed tobacco with betel leaves. We learn to cook by the age of nine.

[JEFFERYNOTHING]

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

[jedaqia]

I am a Bidayuh. One of of the ethnic group in East Malaysia or known as Borneo. We are also known as Land Dayak to most westerners. But most of the old cultures are nearly gone due to modern & religious influence. My grandma used to chew betel leaves with tobacco after each meal. So her mouth is always red. Childrens used to be given the same thing too. But my parents prohibited it...but I did 'hang out' with grandma once in a while last time :-)

[JEFFERYNOTHING]

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

[jedaqia]

Sorry, I deleted a lot of my comments last time. I only realise your question when I came back to this video.

[hamstergeisha76]

Wow! And I wasn't even allowed to eat spicy foods until I was around eleven years old because my grandmother worried about me getting an ulcer.

[thackket]

wait he said 5 twice but thats okay

[MueiI2evelution]

lol the only thing kids know now days, is how to cuss or say computer slang.

[JEFFERYNOTHING]

I'm 13 and I do not do that idiotic stuff. So don't toss all of us into the same category... I LOATH when people substitute actual words for things like "ur,r,k, etc." Chatspeak is the most idiotic language there is, its worst than, for lack of better words, that language there you add izzle at the end of every word that you say. I can't stand when people use chatspeak. You really cannot stress enough to people these days that that is not cool...

[Blackthornerose]

He's not saying you do...he's saying you should be allowed to

[pintaildrake2004]

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.

[jdr0066]

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.

[the7thwreck]

when my dad took me out in a car to drive we ended up sinking in the sand (we were on a beach, i was about 6) he chucked me off and screamed, now im 25 and shit scared of even learning how to drive...cheers dad...

[isit7or13]

the chair in the safety zone had awfully sharp corners...

[unclesallty]

I would add a number 6 - How to open a book!

[wideiris123]

funny, but, if they're not interested in learning anything in the first place, why would they? they have to be curious, they have to want to know... the book comes AFTER

[unclesallty]

Was a sort of pun, yet I mean using dangerous things when young people today don't spend enough time keeping up with their kids, let alone teaching them proper use of dangerous things they might not even be qualified to handle themselves? At least knowing that "hey, a book might teach me something!" is a good habit to form EARLY.

[wideiris123]

agreed. or at least get them hooked on TED. :)

[ToonSpirit]

Makes me feel privileged, I have been allowed to do all these things as a kid. And i have the scars to prove it ;)

well, except the copyright thingy, that wasn't an issue back then. :)

[srarmageddon]

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

[Kofeelite]

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!

[TheMathGuy]

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

[geyser]

Excellent!

[malakiad]

Props to you ol'man....I have to say I am not Old but I'd give a phalanx of my right Hand to have been born in some earlyer time....you guys Had everithing...real food, real water, real women. And the main war was Comunism against fascims and capitalism, fascism agaist communism and capitalism and capitalism against communism and fascism. A much more interesting portrait that this idiotic Christian vs. Islam s**t we get nowadays. Say from 1930 to 1970, the western world at his climax top.

[TomIsMoody]

man, i wish id been brought up properly! lol

[linksysruler]

i lie this guy

[EntertainedWatcher]

hehe

[Ender1zero1]

When my grandson turned 12 he wanted all kinds of expensive junk that we knew would be broken or lost or thrown in a corner and forgotten in a week. We took a weekend and took him down to a plot of land my Dad keeps for hunting we let him chop down a tree drive a tractor and shoot a gun. Ask him what his best ever present is and he still says that weekend and he has asked for the same gift for every single gift giving holiday since.

[doctorbong]

grandson? your dad??

dang! how old are you?

or your dad?

[Ender1zero1]

I admit to being 50 my Dad is in his 70s and my grandDad is in his 90s, guess what even us old farts use the internets :)

[ddball1]

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

[jasonhoblin]

excellent.

[reivilo]

in other ward join boy scouts

[FTLNewsFeed]

unless you're gay or an atheist, then you'll be rejected...

[patteyk]

they don't even teach these things in boy scouts anymore

[reivilo]

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?

[AzazelLucifer42]

I got all that stuff from the boy scouts.

[CheeezMaster]

foist