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5 Dangerous things you should let your kids do

divinecaroline.com — Including but not limited to: playing with fire & owning a pocket knife

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  • SeekaF, on 04/05/2008, -53/+5They're all good, but playing with fire? Do you want your kid to end up at burning man as a fire dancer?
    • SpaceMonkeyZero, on 04/05/2008, -0/+57Better to learn (in a supervised manner of course) how to respect and control (say, in a campfire, grill, or bonfire way) a fire than for the kid to grow up to be a 20 something who then burns down half of California on a camping trip cause he's an idiot.
    • RogerTourbiner, on 04/05/2008, -1/+6Only if she's hot, then yes, a fire dancer is a lovely career choice.
    • Evildudetx, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3If that is what floats his or her boat later in life, yes.
    • druakara, on 04/05/2008, -4/+2What's wrong with being a firedancer? We're perfectly normal people who have the balls to spin fire around our body in beautiful ways - something you would likely never have the nerve to do.
    • robotvsmonkey, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3i played with fire all the time. Sure, the bathroom door caught on fire and I was stuck inside...but i never became a firedancer.

      i just like to burn things.
      • diktator279, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3Thats where I saw the leprechaun! He tells me to light fires.
    • noisey, on 04/05/2008, -0/+9One 4th of July, when I was 8 or 9, I asked my dad if I could run through the pretty sparks made by the fountain we just lit. He was drunk and gave me a funny look and said, "Sure, go ahead". I went running through it expecting to be caressed and warmed by the beautiful red sparks as they showered down. The pain wasn't something I expected at all. I learned a very important lesson that day.
    • Y0tsuya, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1All kids should play with firecrackers. If they end up with missing fingers or side of their face, that'll teach them not to play with firecrackers.
    • ppvanzella, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Who wouldn't?
  • kterrance, on 04/05/2008, -1/+37So true. If you tell them don't touch that they do. So why not let them use these things in productive ways. All for it. Love the bubble wrapped kid though.
    • lukemandese, on 04/05/2008, -0/+51 dangerous thing you shouldn't let your kids do: PCP

    • potofgravy, on 04/05/2008, -2/+26. Unsafe Sex.

      What better way to learn about the gift of life than getting your 15 year old girlfriend pregnant?
    • rentmitchum, on 04/05/2008, -0/+26 should be give a kid some nine volt batteries, wires, little electric motors, magnets, a small screwdriver set and maybe a circuit board, one of those you can plug the wires into the holes in the grids.. and some sweet LED's.. Those were my favorite toys when I was younger. I think kids playing with stuff like magnets and small amounts of electricity helps them grasp the more theoretical types of physics later on.

      7 should be let them play games but guide them towards the smarter ones. Instead of NBA hoop Jam or some.. stupid.. crap.. Give them an RPG or puzzle games, something that will activate the brain and allow them to learn new words.
  • RuffRidr, on 04/05/2008, -2/+93FTA: "Allowing kids the freedom to explore, he says, will make them stronger and smarter and actually safer."

    Well said. It makes so much more sense to allow kids to experiment with these things in a supervised role.
    • Odopoddie, on 04/05/2008, -6/+5I agree, and to give them things they can destroy without harming anyone.
    • gmiley, on 04/05/2008, -0/+10I remember when I got my first pocket knife, it was a swiss army knife. My mom was so worried I was going to cut myself, but my dad insisted I was old enough, I think I was around 6 or 7. Needless to say, the very first thing I did was slice my thumb open, but I learned right then that that knife wasn't a toy, and at only the price of a band-aid. Same thing happened with fire, my mom told me not to play in the camp fire on one of our camping trips, well... I did, and burnt my hand (not that bad of a burn though), again learned right then that fire also isn't a toy.
      • Zaeboes, on 04/05/2008, -1/+0I'm the kid that never got burned or cut, so these things are toys to me still.
        • tsax303522, on 04/05/2008, -1/+0I was the kid that got cut and burned, and they are still toys to me:)
    • GliTCH82, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Yeah, we're a whole new generation of non-***** smart and creative parents!
    • rentmitchum, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1I was allowed to do those things when young and I'm totally awesome. Not being sarcastic either. Haha. Well actually, in reality, I feel like I can do a lot of things my friends are just inept at, mainly fix things and come up with creative solutions for problems easier. This has a lot to do with the fact that I wasn't stopped from taking apart all my broken toys, half of my good toys, and putting them back together like that mean kid in Toy Story (except cool, not all Tim Burtonesque.. lol).

      They drew the line at the Washing Machine.. I still think it'd have been fine. Haha.. I guess maybe now I know there could be like.. capacitors or something in there..

      I used to build kickass boats.. That was the best things I made.. I'd make boats with the motors you can pull out of remote controlled cars and make my own propellers and stuff out of plastic, melt it into shapes and whatnot. I'd light them too, have headlights and stuff. Haha.. Some sank some didn't.
    • kalkin, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2i remember getting my dad buying me and my brother a swiss army knife each. i think that playing with them as tools as we did taught great practical ability. saying that, i wouldn't dream of buying one for my daughter no matter what age (not sure if that's a generation gap thing or just me).

      i did deconstruct an old dvd-rom drive with my daughter though. she's 3 and she loved it. she was fascinated by all the strange looking parts. i recommend it. i'm going to make it a routine before i through out any electronics. we were also able to recycle a load of the components because we'd broken them down - well worthwhile!
  • wrongonce, on 04/05/2008, -2/+38My kids build stuff, paint stuff, do chores and climb things and I love it. The boy (5 years old) just started rugby, he relishes tackling and being tackled. Let your kids make mistakes -- the painting led to a lot of cleaning up, but was worth it -- and learn from them.
    • lukemandese, on 04/05/2008, -6/+10I'm 15 right now, and i asked my parents if i could paint on the walls in my room and *****. You know whatever, like put stickers on the wall and just be creative. But they said no. I'm like what is worth more? Letting your child be creative or cleaning the ***** wall when they turn 18?
      • radu5er, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4That's too bad. We let our young 'un put up posters, draw on and decorate her walls any way she wants. After all, it's her room isn't it? When she leaves home if we don't like it, we change it. Simple really.

        And, I a really OLD GUY...55.

        Give the kids a break. Let 'em have their own space.
        • diktator279, on 04/05/2008, -0/+10BUT MEEOOOOMMMM!!!! THE GUY ON THE INTERNET LETS HIIIIIS KIDS DOOO IT!!!!


          Yes, that needed caps.
    • wrongonce, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2OK, a bit of a disclaimer. Before we do stuff (paint, build, create, play) we have a bit of a plan and discuss it. I had to show the 5 year old how to paint first; hold his hand with the roller on the first couple of passes, etc. Once the new garage is cleared out we'll get a kit car in there and build it together -- 9 year old daughter, 5 year old son, 2 year old daughter. Of course, I'll have to be very careful what I let them do, but there are tons of jobs that are fitting for a 2 year old.

      Guess I just hope people back away from this "wrap them in plastic" attitude more. Kids are people that need the opportunity to learn and make memories.
    • Tarkaan, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Careful with the sports, mate. My brother studied Greco-Roman wrestling as a youth. His name is now "Becky."
  • itsgotyou, on 04/05/2008, -4/+12For the 10th time, there are 4 sides to the tetrahedron, fuel, heat, oxygen and chain reaction. Now make sure you have all components in the mix. Now get your brother Timmy, it’s almost time for your driving lesson.
  • smackjack, on 04/05/2008, -2/+45Another good idea is instead of telling your kids not to talk to strangers, tell them HOW to talk to strangers. That way they know to find someone if they are lost or need help. This works online and offline

    Teach them advertising techniques at a young age so they become less susceptible to commercials.
    • FarmPunk, on 04/05/2008, -8/+2You want to teach your kids how to create effective advertising? Now THAT's dangerous!
    • rolf, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEy7DX7OLcE
    • studdenfadden, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5Today I took my 4 year old daughter to the playground. She went up to a boy who about 6 and asked him if he wanted to pay. The boy looked at his mother and screamed "a stranger is trying to talk to me!" Teaching Kids to be wary of a stranger offering them candy to hop in the their van is good, but telling them to be afraid of anyone they don't know is stupid.
  • Elliottx, on 04/05/2008, -29/+7"Here you go David, your very out Pocket Knife!" "Now be sure to stab that lighter i gave you with it" *KABOOOOOM!* ...Look mom....no hands! ^_^
    • Elliottx, on 04/05/2008, -9/+3Out = Own by the way.
      I R Stoopad.
    • renegadeafk, on 04/05/2008, -0/+13Stabbing a lighter is not going to make it explode..
      • seraphisset, on 04/05/2008, -0/+8Maybe his parents should have allowed him to play with fire.
      • gmprunner, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3How do you know the knife wasn't on fire?
    • terracottapai, on 04/05/2008, -0/+6Maybe if your parents had let you play with lighters you wouldn't be so woefully ignorant concerning their mechanics.
    • druakara, on 04/05/2008, -2/+0A punctured lighter spews extremely COLD lighter fluid (often butane) all over your hand (or in my case, turning an adjustable lighter up a little too high, pops the cap and then you get more cold lighter fluid all over your hand)
      It's perfectly safe (just don't do it while your smoking... or near open flame)
      • frasermoo, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1v.interesting. new refrigerant R410 is the great 'refrigerant' for the global warming era, but I met a guy who says that it runs at such a pressure, he is worried about the freezer burns that service engineers will get when these systems blow.

        sorry, bit of a nerdy de-rail, but it's in me head reet now.
    • Elliottx, on 04/05/2008, -2/+1I've always been too scared to puncture a lighter or put it anywhere near something hot in fear of my hand being exploded into a thousand pieces.
      But I have on occasion threw one on the floor, and I assumed stabbing it extremely hard with a knife would cause the same thing xD
      • renegadeafk, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1This an example of why you should stay in school kids.
      • dmotz, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1Maybe you should have been a boyscout.
    • troyfoley, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4do your parents know you're on?
  • xenex11, on 04/05/2008, -2/+41I did all of these things growing up. I believe these things were a large part of why i am a successful well adjusted individual. AND I still have all of my fingers...
    • RobotBuddha, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3To be fair, anecdotal evidence is going to be pretty biased toward people who did it and didn't have any problems along the way. Simply for the fact that kids who had a can-do attitude and climbed into the party van aren't going to be around anymore to cast their votes.
    • Weejay, on 04/05/2008, -3/+2Bravo on the evaluating your own success and well-ajusted-ness. All these things didn't teach you to be humble apparently.
  • sashapave, on 04/05/2008, -2/+18Kids will do these things regardless. I agree, teach them the right way.
    • Envark, on 04/05/2008, -7/+1Yep, I take the same approach when it comes to kids and sex. Yum, yum.
  • dcd722, on 04/05/2008, -17/+27Old as the internet.
  • Stevanoski, on 04/05/2008, -31/+11The most dangerous thing: grow up to vote Democrat.
  • MariaEspanol, on 04/05/2008, -2/+5Nice little gem in the TED conference series. Most of the lectures are a bit too smug + arrogant for my tastes. But this one was refreshing.
    • had3l, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Smug + Arrogant? I could get it if you said "complicated for my small intellect", but arrogant? Come on now.
  • Stuart750, on 04/05/2008, -10/+2Interesting for about six seconds, and then the music stopped.
    • BIOHazard87, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1lol I dugg it just because I laughed :)
  • ZaZ2137, on 04/05/2008, -2/+6We're going to need another Timmy...
  • Axxion, on 04/05/2008, -14/+5OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • ahmedb07, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1no one cares.....yes, this is old...ive seen it before too, but clearly other diggers havent so why cant they enjoy this the same way you and i have?
  • simplistics06, on 04/05/2008, -19/+10AGAIN? ***** digg get some new material. Burried.
    • BIOHazard87, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4***** YOU, some havent seen it *****
    • JulyZerg, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1BURRIED? Lol... that's hilarious. And they said IQ couldn't be determined by speech...
  • StevesJobs, on 04/05/2008, -12/+4Huge dupe
  • daxsymbiont, on 04/05/2008, -10/+2I was ***** Speared in elementary school by a ***** throwing a Construction Steel Bar on by knee. Luckily it was nothing serious because the force was little.
  • Jade10145, on 04/05/2008, -2/+6My childhood lesson...Strangers give the best candy, especially those in vans with tinted windows.
    • akatherder, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4Windows?! Panel vans is where it's at. Best lollipop I ever had.
      • UncleCrapper, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2Hmmm, mine was salty and a liquid centre....
  • Typhoon2009, on 04/05/2008, -2/+2Can I let my kid play with liquid nitrogen? Uranium?
    • DiggyWiggy, on 04/05/2008, -1/+5Sure, they can play with depleted uranium, since it's safe enough to turn into ammunition for our soldiers to handle and shoot into the bad guys and the bad guys children (bad guys in training). I don't hear anyone complaining so depleted uranium must be safe.

    • CheeseburgerBro, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5No.
    • str1fe, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1Liquid nitrogen and uranium are quite different from pocket knives.
    • Zaeboes, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Liquid nitrogen and uranium are completely safe. Liquid nitrogen makes things really cold so just don't touch it, and the only uranium you'll get a hold of is what little there is in granite or your concrete basement.
  • monospaced, on 04/05/2008, -0/+12They let you do all of this in Boy Scouts, even shoot rifles. Great experiences that have led to a professional and successful, down-to-earth life.
    • ZombieSociety, on 04/05/2008, -8/+3The Boy Scouts also teaches you how to treat a venomous snakebite: suck out the venom while jiggling a man's balls with your free hand.
    • guyinjapan, on 04/05/2008, -0/+8Amen. I would be half the man I am today if it weren't for the great experiences of Boy Scouts. I mean, how can you live life without having burned all sorts of dangerous ***** in a campfire as a kid?
      • worthone, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4This seems to be a boy scout universality. My boy scout friends here in Finland also have the burning know-how.
    • Grok22, on 04/05/2008, -5/+1not any more they don't
      • ProAm, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3Um...Yeah they do...I think I would know...
    • radu5er, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3The Boy Scouts are great! Real life experiences, both good and not so good but always real and mostly educational in one sense or another. I wouldn't trade my years in the Boy Scouts for just about anything.
    • EdgarCayce, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5Logged in to digg you up. Im an Eagle and I wouldn't trade anything for what I learned in Scouts. I learned lots of great things. My 2 favorite scout toys are fire and any accelerant (eg lighter fluid that we lovingly called Boy Scout juice).
    • Psi57, on 04/05/2008, -6/+1The Boy Scouts are great! Especially when they teach you about loving Jesus by hating fags! Yay!
      • Crazd, on 04/05/2008, -0/+6That only happens if you're from a town that teaches you about loving Jesus and hating fags. I'm an atheist Eagle Scout, and didn't get any backlash from anyone in the troop. It's a shame a few people ruined the reputation of scouts, it's actually a great organization.
    • wrestlingnrj, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4I think Boy Scouts was one of the best experiences of my life. I learned so many things there, I don't even know where I would begin.
  • scrag10, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Not only did I do them all, I also stepped on a piece of metal I had in the fire and burned an "L" onto the bottom of my foot. Gever Tulley
    must be proud! Nobel Prize please.
  • jawagas, on 04/05/2008, -0/+201.) Everyone should spend more time on Ted.com
    2.) All 5 of these dangerous things have left lasting impression on my life. Awesome Digg
  • stympman, on 04/05/2008, -2/+5As a child I would say: Yes!, Yes!!, Yes!!!, Yes!!!!, Yes/Yes!!!!!!!!!

    As a parent I would say: Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes/Yes
  • Ocelot13, on 04/05/2008, -0/+18how about letting them in new york and letting them find their way home?
    • dcd722, on 04/05/2008, -5/+3I see what you did there
    • shadowsurfr1, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Do you give them money to help them get back or not?
  • NFAman, on 04/05/2008, -0/+7Forgot shooting....
  • Cyberdactyl, on 04/05/2008, -9/+1LOL. . .another nonsense lecture making the front page. Of COURSE kids should experiment with many, MANY dangerous aspects of life, as long as they are SUPERVISED by ADULTS, but is THAT mentioned other than indirectly about driving?

    Again. . .another nonsense, waste of time lecture.
    • Klyke, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Yeah GUYS we should do THIS more OFTEN. Like after EVERY other WORD.
    • Dl1cool, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2Seriously does society have to hold your hand everywhere. Don't be an idiot, use common sense. Of course kids should be supervised, all the parents are not retarded. Its something that doesn't need to be explained because everyone already knew that. Except you obviously.
  • AEdgett77, on 04/05/2008, -10/+4dupe: http://digg.com/educational/5_Dangerous_Things_You ...
  • justin82592, on 04/05/2008, -10/+2am i the only one who notices that this is a duplicate? from like 2 months ago...
    • exomni, on 04/05/2008, -3/+5It's older than that.

      Getting on Digg is like getting into a big hiccuping time machine, or watching syndicated television.
    • ZombieSociety, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2I bet all the people who have posted this before you noticed it, too.
  • SwedishNinja, on 04/05/2008, -5/+8"Break the DMCA"

    Teach your kids the wonders of getting ***** in the ass with massive litigation early!
  • tomarocco, on 04/05/2008, -5/+8I'd add smoke pot and surf pr0n. They're gonna do it anyway so you might as well train yourself early.
    • guyinjapan, on 04/05/2008, -0/+6I know you're joking but I have a valid observation to point out. I'm all for being a practical parent, but it all depends on the age of your kid. When I was 6, I got to play with fire and so forth. When I was 11 I was allowed to start watching PG-13 movies. But my dad didn't loosen up on the drugs, porn, and sex until I was a senior in high school. Looking back, I really appreciated this. It gave me a good moral structure and taught me responsibility - if he had let me loose on the "porn and pot is okay" leash when I was 13, I'd probably be a disaster. He waited until I was mature enough, and I'm much better for it. It's exactly how I'm going to raise my kids. Anyway, sorry for taking a humorous comment and turning it into a serious one, but whatever.
      • ScottyWZ, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2I agree with you.
      • tomarocco, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Actually, I agree with you, too. At first I was just being a smart ass, but after reading your comment I reflected on my life...there was no porn, but the pot, etc., ended up being disasterous in my early adulthood. I started that at 13. If I was 18+ I think my life would have been much different. I KNOW it would have academically. Substance abuse is really not a joke for a lot of people, and unfortunately I'm one of them. Oh well...i've made it an additional 30 years and I'm still kickin' and never been in jail and I have close friends and family. That's OK by me. Coulda been much worse.
  • arcooke, on 04/05/2008, -12/+10Ok, I've put up with DivineCaroline articles fine up to this point... but when she starts hotlinking to a TED video with nothing more than a half-paragraph recap, it's blog spam. TED deserves this traffic WAY more than she does.

    Non-spam link: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/202
  • PhilThePhenom, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4The best way to get someone to do something is to tell them absolutely not to. It's the message behind the Garden of Eden story.
  • D14852001neko, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3Somehow, something tells me that if a kid has a "pocket knife" he'd be tasered by the police, then expelled from school (even if he wasn't there), then he would be on Faux news, and well, =
    • waynetheman, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Yeah, because all the teachers and administrators turning him in had parents who never let them own one. (Or else they were just scared to death of the things as kids and never outgrew it....)
    • objectivist, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Unless they go to a Sudbury Valley School where they learn responsibility through freedom.
  • mal1964, on 04/05/2008, -1/+36. Use a keyboard in a public area without disinfecting it.
  • carl25, on 04/05/2008, -3/+1i don't know if fire is a good choice, lighter would be.
    As a kid fire has never been my friend.
    • mysdak, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1That's because you didn't learn to respect the properties of fire....It's hot.
  • Hoofenhoffer, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5ive seen this before, its really old, but its a good video, and he has a good point, kids today are way too overprotected
  • 965473, on 04/05/2008, -8/+3burried for repost
  • AndrewDB, on 04/05/2008, -3/+5This was up here at least 2 months ago.
  • Zap2, on 04/05/2008, -0/+6thanks god

    some still knows how to raise kids...I did 4/6...never thrown a spear(have thrown other dangerous stuff like knives and hammers though) and never drove until I has 15, but got the chance to(I was to worried about crash, when I was younger)
  • nastronomical, on 04/05/2008, -0/+11The absense of this has caused our nation to be filled with beta-males.
    • Envark, on 04/05/2008, -11/+1I'm an Alpha male.

      And girls want to ***** alpha males. Let it piss you off as much as you want, but you know it's completely true. That girl you like who is kinda cute in a weird way, but is totally sweet and you have the biggest crush on? The one who keeps going back to guys who treat her wrong for reasons you don't understand? The one who calls you up at 1 am to cry about how her boyfriend hasn't called her in 3 days, and no matter how long you listen to her, she'll never think of you as anything other than asexual? The one who will curl up next to you on the couch, hug you close, kiss you on the cheek, and never let you ***** touch her beyond that?

      Yeah, I'm ***** her.

      The hot girl who won't even look at you when you nod at them and smile? The one who laughs when you trip in the hallway and drop your stuff? The one who comes up and coyly ask for your help with her homework, and then pretends you don't exist once you finish?
      • Encablossa, on 04/05/2008, -0/+6Don't you have some homework to do? Stay off the Internet until you finish it or I will telling your mom tonight while I am ***** her.

        P.S
        I hate going down to this level.
    • Hetman, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5haha with that rant you sound like a beta male in disguise. And I think nastronomical was pointing out that it is a bad thing not a good thing.
      • Envark, on 04/05/2008, -6/+0I'm an alpha male /b/, and I'm sick of all you pussy ***** crying about how your girlfriend cheated on you, how she flirts with other dudes. You ***** sissy boys who complain because you have a crush on some broad and she never gives you the time of day (life-like texture ;_;) - and I am especially sick of you uber-depresso I’m gonna become an hero, I’m-a-sorry-virgin *****. You did this ***** to yourself, whether you are aware of it or not - it's your fault so quit whining to the rest of us about how you ***** up your chance to get your dick wet.

        I’ve never been cheated on, I’ve never had a long term crush on a girl because I don't want to ruin the friendship or some gay reason like that, and I’ve sure as ***** never wanted to kill myself over some piece of sloppy vagina. You end up as just a friend because you treat her like a friend. You end up as not a sex object because you act like you aren’t a sex object. Don't be at her side constantly begging to do anything in the world for her. Don't give her the world on a plate just because she has a pussy (which I’ve probably had my dick in at some point). The same way I’d take advantage of some silly ***** following me around trying to ride my ***** to be my best friend - the same way that bitch will 'innocently' lead you on with just the whisper of her ***** hairs.
        • willieb415, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3Careful now...your over-zealous ranting is letting your insecurity show.
          If you really were an "Alpha Male", you wouldn't need to tell everyone else in such a concise and eloquent fashion.
      • tonzophunn, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2Lol at the Epsilon Male...
    • objectivist, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Not only that, but the Public School Prison System has destroyed creativity, the self, and has caused incalculable psychological damage.
  • akatherder, on 04/05/2008, -0/+7I have a 6 year old daughter. She's too short to see over the dashboard to drive. We smoke and she's never played with the lighters sitting all over. She's never been interested in the handyman type stuff I was working on (i.e. tinkering with appliances).

    I burn her movies and she seems to like that. She can cut up an apple with a knife. I can honestly say I've never considered throwing spears... That will give me something else to try when mommy's at work tomorrow.
    • guyinjapan, on 04/05/2008, -0/+8I almost spit out my drink when I read "we smoke," but then I realized what you meant.
  • Theod48, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3I miss toy guns too
  • blubolt, on 04/05/2008, -0/+9Duplicate but still great advice. Dugg again
  • kb29, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3I did these all. I remember the first knife my father ever gave me. At the age of 8 I was proud to have a Swiss Army knife, and I still have it. My parents let me back out of the driveway once, it was one of the best experiences of my life.
  • HeDiggMe, on 04/05/2008, -1/+26. Ride the NYC subway alone
  • blorguehad, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3Honestly this man is very intellectually elite. I hate how our society has devolved to the point that we have to say "Warning this plastic is flammable, and its a choking hazard, blah blah." This has all come about for one reason... We have such ridiculous laws allowing people to sue each other over the stupidest things.
  • buckrogers1965, on 04/05/2008, -0/+8Every boy had a pocket knife growing up where I am from. Even at school, it was no big deal. I can only imagine that schools today would call in a swat team if someone took out a knife to cut a string or open a box.
    • TheKeithD, on 04/05/2008, -2/+1While that is a good point, don't forget that there are still the nutcases or "tough" guys who would start shanking people left and right.
      • ravage86, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4I'm sure there's already a "no-shanking" rule being enforced. If they are willing to break that, I'm sure they're willing to break the "no-knives" rule. So the rule is redundant. Knives should be allowed.
    • haikuFU, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2We brought our guns to school for target practice in gym class when I was in 7th and 8th grade. This was in North Dakota in the late 1980's. And I drove there, because you can get your license at 14, but no one cares, so I was driving at 13.
      • wrestlingnrj, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1I wish I could have gone to school there, instead of spending it with pansies in CA.
  • tpizz, on 04/05/2008, -8/+31) this has been on digg before. 2)how many parents have to be on digg for this to make it to the front page?
    • Hetman, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1I gurantee that it is not parents who are digging this. But I agree i have seen it at least once on digg but probably twice.
  • ArachnidDude, on 04/05/2008, -6/+0no *****?
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