Name: 【TEDx】5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do: Gever Tulley at TEDxMidwest
Uploaded: 2014-09-18T17:51:46.000Z
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we are going to do in eight. So get ready.

And if the slide guy backstage can get my speaker notes up here,

because there are a couple of numbers that I need to refer to later

that the book was actively  encouraging children

that could scar, mame, and kill. (Laughter)

And this is without ever having seeing the book—

in this book of scar, maming, and killing.

Okay, raise your hands if you are going to lick one tonight.

We chose this as the first topic in the book,

because we thought that everybody would have done it.

that ideas about the risk  of licking a 9V battery

According to the Centers  for Disease Control,

who track  these kinds of household accidents,

there has never been  not one single recorded incident

of anyone being injured by licking a 9V battery.

that children in our society  are over-protected?

This is based on the word carnism, which was coined by Melanie Joy

in her book, "Why We Eat Pigs, Ride Horses and... Pet Dogs".

that our family histories and our cultural context,

and our personal experiences  in childhood and so forth

have more to do  with how we perceive danger

than the actual  measurable risks involved.

there may be  no rational basis for this,

that the top five things parents are worried about

and you'll notice ninjas aren't on here —

with the five things  that children in America

is that the thousands of hours  we spend talking to children

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【TEDx】5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do: Gever Tulley at TEDxMidwest

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