*On Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 3:43:43 AM UTC-8, Mark in Beacon wrote:* > > > *On Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 11:54:42 PM UTC-5, Lum Gim Fong wrote:> > You let your child out on his own on the streets of DC at 7-10 years > old?!?!?!*
*Hey, no parent-shaming! Headlin: Weird Things You Didn't Know About > Rivsters And Their Kids. * > +1 The world is a far less scary a place than we're led to believe... https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/10/01/162079442/do-you-know-where-your-children-are-is-that-always-a-good-thing https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-462091/How-children-lost-right-roam-generations.html https://www.npr.org/2015/01/16/377517810/world-with-no-fear Steven, I think ten is a fine age to begin introducing a child to the safe and proper use, care, and respect of tools such as a hatchet, pocket knife, etc. By virtue of the fact that you're concerned enough to seek out the advice of others in order to avoid making a mistake or potentially jeopardizing the safety of your child further solidifies the impression you're exactly the type of parent consciousness and engaged enough to ensure your boy is properly taught not only how to safely use potentially dangerous tools, but is also endowed with the respect and value for such tools and the work they enable; lessons which will serve him well for the entirety of his lifetime. I hope the both of you have a joyous and peaceful holidays, I would've been over the moon to have received a hatchet or pocket knife for Xmas when I was ten; oh the potential forts, rope swings, experiences such tools enable at that age.... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
