• bleistift2@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    How about letting her hurt herself (slightly)? If she’s old enough to understand you, she’s old enough to learn that people who tell her not to do something mean well.

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      1 year ago

      My nephew based his life on Dennis the Menace. I was cooking a family and got called out of the kitchen where I was working alone.

      Two minutes later I come back in to find this kid (maybe 5?) waving my razor sharp french knife around.

      I very carefully removed it from his grasp and when I wasn’t using it I put it under a towel at the back of the counter. Told his parents to watch him.

      Later he’s got it again and a steak knife.

      I take all the blades, put them in a box, and put them way up high.

      Come back later and he’s got a chair against the counter, a box on the counter, and he’s heading back up the chair with more of mother’s cookbooks to pile up to stand on…

      Some kids are a little more extreme.

      Edit: cooking a family feast, not a family (see first paragraph).

    • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      It’s a good idea but the problem lies in the “slightly” part. The house is under renovation so the dangers are real.

      Nonetheless , The idea is very interesting so if such scenario ever present itself I will certainly try it.