Weekend reading: Fifty dangerous things you should let your children do

I’m delighted to have received my copy of Fifty dangerous things you should let your children do.

The book is an antidote to our safety-obsessed bubble-wrapped society and encourages parents to educate their children to take responsibility and appreciate risk by making and doing dangerous things.

Flying a home made kite, building a fire, melting glass, creating an explosion and nailing and whittling wood are all projects contained in the book.

Fifty Dangerous Things written by the gang that runs Tinkering School in Montara, California. I first came across its founder Gever Tully at TED.

Have a great weekend. I’m off to help my kids cook their dinner on a fire.

 

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