50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do

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Here’s an idea to keep your kids entertained this summer- why not let them play with fire? Or play with power tools? Or poison their friends? That’s the not-so crazy advice of Gever Tulley, co-founder of the Tinkering School, a weeklong camp where lucky kids get to play with their very own power tools. He’s the author of 50 Dangerous Things (You should Let your Children Do) and he’s interested in helping kids learn how to build, solve problems, use new materials and hack old ones for new purposes. The idea behind the book  is that by allowing our children some exposure to slightly dangerous things (with supervision and care, of course) we can help foster creativity, teach problem-solving, and have some good old-fashioned fun at the same time. My advice? Go ahead, let your kids do something dangerous this summer!