Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, talks about our new wave of overprotected kids — and spells out 5 (and really, he’s got 6) dangerous things you should let your kids do. Allowing kids the freedom to explore, he says, will make them stronger and smarter and actually safer.
How about a link? This is definitely a subject of interest to me.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/202
Try http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/202 for the vid!
I’m not sure I completely approve of Norwegian school science projects.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24tttUQaCkM
I can heartily approve of the “Take things apart” rule. My great grandfather encouraged this trait in me when I was only 5 or 6 years old. That’s when I learned how to solder too.I am so blessed to have had an engineer and inventor for a great grandfather.The only difference now is that I can put things back together too. When I first got my new laptop I took it completely apart just because I knew at some point in time I’d be servicing the thing myself (Pay $300 for a warranty, are you kidding me?) and I’m now intimately familiar with the machine. And yes, it’s in one piece once again.