Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, talks about our new wave of overprotected kids -- and spells out 5 (and really, he's got 6) dangerous things you should let your kids do. Allowing kids the freedom to explore, he says, will make them stronger and smarter and actually safer.
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5 dangerous things you should let your kids do
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Posted on: January 6, 2008 5:00 PM, by Greg Laden
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How about a link? This is definitely a subject of interest to me.
Posted by: chezjake | January 6, 2008 5:16 PM
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/202
Posted by: Scott | January 6, 2008 5:41 PM
Try http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/202 for the vid!
Posted by: Andrew Cooper | January 6, 2008 5:53 PM
I'm not sure I completely approve of Norwegian school science projects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24tttUQaCkM
Posted by: Sigmund | January 6, 2008 5:56 PM
I can heartily approve of the "Take things apart" rule. My great grandfather encouraged this trait in me when I was only 5 or 6 years old. That's when I learned how to solder too.
I am so blessed to have had an engineer and inventor for a great grandfather.
The only difference now is that I can put things back together too. When I first got my new laptop I took it completely apart just because I knew at some point in time I'd be servicing the thing myself (Pay $300 for a warranty, are you kidding me?) and I'm now intimately familiar with the machine. And yes, it's in one piece once again.
Posted by: Tony P | January 7, 2008 12:22 AM