Gever Tulley
Gever is the founder of Tinkering School, a camp that teaches children to learn by doing. He has taught workshops for both kids and adults, including at Stanford University and Adobe Systems, and first spoke about encouraging children to do “dangerous” things in his speech at the 2007 TED Conference. The video has been viewed online by more than 2 million people and blogged about in tens of thousands of postings worldwide.
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About the book:
Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
(NAL, June 2011)
There is a new generation of parents who have grown up without access to tools, without ever having spent the day amusing themselves in the backyard, without ever even nailing two boards together. Is it any wonder that they are raising children who are afraid of everything? This book helps parents see the value in experiences that they might otherwise write off as too dangerous for their children.
It’s a manifesto for kids and adults alike to reclaim childhood, with easy-to-follow instructions, fun facts, and challenging projects and activities designed to inspire whole households, from “Superglue Your Fingers Together” to “Play with Fire.” Each “dangerous” task will help children improve their problem-solving abilities and become more self-reliant. The key message: kids should be treated as intelligent, thinking people who must be exposed to some danger in order to learn about safety.
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