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Gever Tulley is a software engineer by trade, but what has really gotten him noticed is being the co-founder of the Tinkering School, a week-long camp that puts power tools in the hands of second-graders. He has also participated in TED University last year where he gave a spectacular talk about 5 dangerous things you ought to let your kids do.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design and is a conference (and, now, other activities) intended to bring great thinkers from these three areas together to see what can be accomplished. Tulley's TEDTalk is part of a backlash against the over-sanitizing of our world, turning it into a place where kids can't run around on playgrounds for fear of running into poles and children don't play competitive games for fear of losing.



In his talk, Tulley covers six things he thinks every child should do, including play with fire, own a pocket knife, and take appliances apart. This goes along with the movement represented best, perhaps, by the popular book The Dangerous Book for Boys. Believe it or not, I actually agree with Tulley. As soon as my kids are old enough, I hope to send them to the Tinkering School. In the meantime, check out the video and see what you think.

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Start by teaching him that it is safe to do so.