5 dangerous things you should let your kids do. Quite a catchy title! This TED talk drew me right from the beginning. Gever Tulley, the author and presenter of this TED talk, is a contract computer science and the founder of The Tinkering School. The Tinkering School is a summer program that helps children build the things that they in vision. In Gever Tulley’s “5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do” there is the message of allowing your children to do these dangerous things they will learn and use their natural instincts.
The first dangerous thing is to play with fire. How dangerous! To some it might seem the last thing you would let you child of any age do, but Tulley makes the argument that children will learn about how to control and use the fire in a safe way. He believes that the children will learn more things from playing with fire than watching the regular children TV show. People have been using fire since the cavemen and now to become so cautious of something that drove evolution is insane.
The second dangerous thing is to hold a pocket knife. This shows children how to handle a knife and empowers the child. The pocket knife will also teach one’s children how to hold a knife. If the parent lays down a few rules, such as always cut away, the children will know what to do from there.
The third dangerous thing that one should let their children do is to throw a spear. Throwing objects is a natural instinct and action of a human. This exercises muscles which we strengthen one’s brain. Also, it helps enhance their visualization skills and predictive ability.
The fourth dangerous thing is to deconstruct appliances. This allows the child to grow interest and will the child a sense of know-ability. By taking apart appliances the child will feel accomplished and have confidence that they can figure out how anything works.
The last thing one should let their child to do is break the law. Tulley’s first example of this was to break the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). This shows the child that laws are sometimes broken and they need to be interpreted. The second example of breaking the law was to have your child drive a car. This gives the child a sense of handle and grasp on the world.
Tulley had some valid points. One of the most apparent ones was that children have a nature instinct on to handle things and parents should let that flourish. Another one was that even though children can be hurt by some of these objects, they will gain more from experiencing them. I really enjoyed this TED talk because it was out of the norm. Watching your children’s every move and keeping them as safe as can be has become a trend in the present world. Tulley’s talk brought another opinion and point of view into the minds of parents.
This TEDtalk also reminded me of Sir Ken Robinson’s one about creativity. Tulley talks about the five dangerous things that one’s children should do. He states that these can help one’s children grow and develop different attributes. Sir Ken Robinson talks about how children should be encouraged to achieve what they wish and no form of creativity should be squandered. Both of the talks relate back to each other in the context of new thinking. Both Tulley and Robinson’s ideas could change the world and how we teach and bring up the next generation’s children. Each speech had similarities too. As I learned in A Whole New Mind laughter, irony, joking, and humor are all right brain activities. Tulley’s and Robinson’s speech both incorporated some type of humor into their speech. Tulley’s humor is brought out through his chosen photos and Robinson’s humor was brought through his stories and jokes. Both of these keep the audience on their toes and engaged in the speech rather than zoning out half of it.
Tulley’s speech techniques affected me in two ways. One he had great points to back up his overall topic, but if he talked with more confidence and urgency in his voice I think his ideas would come across stronger. On the contrary, his topic could be put to use in so many households that there was a large personal connection. I have always thought that younger children have a natural instinct for handling things; this personal connection to Tulley’s TEDtalk helped keep me engaged. I think that his topic is relatable to anyone that knows children, allowing the audience to create the images in their heads of the children they know doing “the five dangerous things”. With the majority of the audience relating to this topic, Tulley’s message came across better and with more effect.
This video could impact the world and how children are raised in the future. It defiantly creates question and wonder in the viewer’s mind, which is one of the main ideas of TED talks. If the society in this world did not have an over obsession of safety, the world would have been on a much different path. But, we can still achieve this more creative path through “the five dangerous things”. This movie could be the start for the movement away from safety regulations and closer to going back to the routes of natural instinct. Gever Tully wants to show the audience that children will be hurt by these things but they will bring them for knowledge than pain.
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