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> Danger is important for children. This is very, very true. I didn't use safety gates on my carpeted stairs when my kids were babies, and they learned to nav
by nate_meurer 6y ago
> Danger is important for children.
This is very, very true. I didn't use safety gates on my carpeted stairs when my kids were babies, and they learned to navigate stairs almost as soon as they could walk. I let them use scissors when they were really little too, and by the age of three they were expert little paper crafters.
That said, I sure as shit wouldn't let them play around a running treadmill, even if I was in the room.
- donw 6y agoExactly.
- cycomanic 6y agoI agree with you, the difference is what are perceivable dangers and what not. The problem about the treadmill is that for a child (and an adult) the treadmill is not immediately dangerous, in particular the danger of being sucked under. Modern playground design is actually taking this into consideration by designing with manageable dangers (climbing up high ladders etc.) but removing things that are not obviously dangerous, like for example gaps where heads can get stuck
- knolax 6y agoThere's a selection bias here. Parents whose children killed or mutilated themselves as toddlers are too busy or too aggrieved to be posting anecdotes on HN.