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5 Dangerous things you should let your child do
January 8th, 2008 by Bee
If you’ve a spare 10 minutes you really should see Gever Tulley’s TED talk “5 dangerous things you should let your kids do“. To quote:
If we’ve rounded every corner and eliminated every sharp edge and every pokey bit in their world, then the first time the kids come in contact with anything sharp… or not made out of round plastic, then they’ll hurt themselves.
And in short… and you’ll be missing a treat if you don’t have 10 minutes… playing with fire and sharp stuff teaches them to be safe and smart.
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