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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In Denmark, they have forest kindergarten, where the kids run around and use knives to whittle things.

You all need to calm down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkiij9dJfcw[/quote]

Seriously.  My 2 year old stands in his learning tower at the stove and stirs. Of course I’m always right there monitoring, hes 2 and while he does understand it’s hot and is actually very careful, he doesn’t have impulse control so supervision is essential but I can’t believe people are acting like ops daughter can’t engage with the stove at all! I try to think of it in the sense that my job as a parent is not to prevent him from ever getting a burn or cut, it’s to help him grow into an independent confident kid and eventually an adult. If a small burn comes with that I’m totally ok with that. So far he hasn’t but I’m sure he will one day and it will all be part of the learning experience. I really think we are protecting kids to their detriment lately.

This podcast on why it’s important to let your kids take more risks really helped me gain the confidence for things like this, sharing in case it’s helpful to OP as it sounds like you’re willing and I don’t want this thread to deter you! https://yourparentingmojo.com/captivate-podcast/riskyplay/[/quote]

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