tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post2548649877940053785..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Giving Knives to ChildrenChas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-72956320186726989922011-03-09T10:44:38.160-07:002011-03-09T10:44:38.160-07:00I'm not sure I can remember an age when I didn...I'm not sure I can remember an age when I <i>didn't</i> play with knives. And boys at least love getting cut. 20 minutes after, you'd think it was the best thing that ever happened to them.Peculiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849337750990440147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-78582708538065486022011-03-09T04:16:48.030-07:002011-03-09T04:16:48.030-07:00Had my own knives from six onwards, my hands are c...Had my own knives from six onwards, my hands are covered in small scars from doing stupid things with them, don't seem to cut myself that often now.<br /><br />I gave my son a Swiss Army Knife for his 10th birthday (feeling a little guilty that he didn't have one of his own) and the looks on his classmates faces told me he was the only boy in his class with his own knife, I had a whole drawer full by then. <br /><br />I once saw this idea posted <br />Some want to childproof the world, wouldn't it make more sense to world-proof the child? It makes perfect sense to me. But then I'm from the 'that'll learn 'em' school of parenting where the leash is long and the safety rope is short.<br /><br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.com