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

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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[Craig Smith]

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.

[0x12d3]

Parents before you let your kids take apart any appliance please be sure that it doesn't contain a high voltage capacitor or teach them how to safely discharge it. Somebody please thumbs this up.

[kabloozie]

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?

[kd1s]

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. :)

[whlady725]

Just discovered this channel and I love it! Every video is so interesting, intelligent and enlightening. Refreshing to have so many different people with well thought out views in the same accessible place.

[Lokino Magra]

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.

[Elizabeth Coates]

No wonder there's so many angry kids about; they don't get to run amok. Especially young men...

[Chris Travers]

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

[MedQ]

but uhm.. using the kid as an "airbag" in the car (pic at 8:27) might be so smart IF the car would stop fast... :)

[wadenkrampf0815]

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

[Marco Aguero]

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!