How to keep my child from grabbing my pocket knife out of my pocket

Tell him not to do it, STERNLY
Pay more attention to him, to your knives and their accessibility, as well as to your surroundings.
Instill strict discipline if he tries again, so he knows without a doubt it's not OK, (because it is a potentially extremely dangerous situation).
Pay more attention to him (I repeat that, because if he went for your knife, AND got if, without you noticing, he obviously didn't have your attention, and getting ahold of your knife got your attention, and young children long for their parents attention, it's not a trend you want to start).

Buy him his own knife

Theo Kline toy swiss army... You can let him have it without worry, and also teach him young the proper way to respect a knife...
 
^ Yep, was going to suggest the toy victorinox or even a trainer that will be very unlikely to injure him. He's years off from real knife use.
 
My 4 year old is a pick pocket. When he was 2 he tossed my 2 month old Samsung G3 in the lake because he was afraid I was going to catch him after he stole it...

He knows not to grab knives..

He also thinks is funny to mess with my shirt, one day someone is going to notice the pistol and flip out.

Got to teach them.
 
craytab said:
You!

This is your responsibility. Pay attention. Teach him not to do it. Install punishment if he tries to do it again. This should be treated the exact same way you teach your child to do or not do just about anything. It is not magic. Its called parenting.
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Exactly, slap his hand and say no, make sure he understands. Also, if your pants are off like at night or something then you need to put the knife up, no different then him finding a gun in your pocket, if he gets hurt you will be responsible emotionally and legally.
 
At two I had already been lectured and punished for putting hands on things that weren't mine; while my parents weren't fond of spanking, they would do it if I truly got out of line, and probably did it less than 10 times the whole of my childhood. This situation should be no different.
 
davidrip said:
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Has anyone else had this happen to them? How should I deal with it? .....
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Get him his own knife and tell him o lay off of yours. :)

Seriously, 2-year-olds are curious about everything. Just keep the dangerous stuff out of reach and get him plenty of things to play with.

n2s
 
Another reason why I'm glad I got a vasectomy. I have 3 cats instead. They all came with 5 little switchblades on each hand.
 
What strategy said about the toy knife.
I put my spyderco on the top of armoire every night so my 2 year old cannot get to it.
He asks, i just say no. He has a wooden fixed blade for now, and the toy knife may come Christmas,
or wait until he is 3 in july. Anytime he does anything that may get out of hand, i tell
him "no, bad idea". It works most of the time. At this age you just gotta keep it away from
them. He is the youngest of 5...
 
kamagong said:
That's so sad. The joys a child brings are well worth the challenges of parenting.
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It's not sad, it's just a different outlook on life. My wife and I don't plan on having children either, and I'll be getting the snip when I hit 40. Our life (and lifestyle) is so much better than...well, pretty much all of our friends with children. Your mileage may understandably vary.

Sorry, off topic response.

On topic response: OP, get your little one in line, before they hurt themselves.
 
craytab said:
This has nothing to do with the knife and everything to do with parenting. I don't think we are a parenting forum are we?
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Precisely.

"No. Dont take things out of daddy's pocket."
"No. Don't hit your sister."
"No. Dont eat those cookies."
No. Dont ________ ."

All the same stuff. And really has nothing to do with knives at all.
 
marcinek said:
Precisely.

"No. Dont take things out of daddy's pocket."
"No. Don't hit your sister."
"No. Dont eat those cookies."
No. Dont ________ ."

All the same stuff. And really has nothing to do with knives at all.
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:thumbup:
 
hhmoore said:
Mittens.
A child wearing mittens isn't likely to pick your pocket, and is even less likely to open a knife.
Keep your child in mittens until you can be trusted to keep your knives out of their hands.
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Lol... have you ever dealt with a kid wearing mittens or gloves? If you've never heard a kid whine or complain about them slipping off, or being too hot, or just wanting them off... I highly recommend them.

Zero
 
craytab said:
You!

This is your responsibility. Pay attention. Teach him not to do it. Install punishment if he tries to do it again. This should be treated the exact same way you teach your child to do or not do just about anything. It is not magic. Its called parenting.
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On the button!

My daughter is just under a year and a half, and she will point to my knife clip or lanyard and say "No."

Do your part. You aren't to protect your child from the world, you are here to prepare them for it. Knives are a responsibility and should be treated as such.
 
There are modern knives available with locks that keep the blade closed, I'm not sure if any traditionals have this.
 
Where I live, corporal punishment with a rattan cane is a widely accepted method of discipline. And I was on the receiving side of it (three lashes on the uncovered bottom) when I sneaked dad's victorinox and leatherman out to play with at 7 years of age. Needless to say, i never ever dared to play with knives or sharp tools, much less attempt to sneak them out, anymore for the rest of my childhood.

Interestingly, my first ever knife was the same victorinox that I got trashed for sneaking out, gifted to me by my own dad.
 
craytab said:
You!

This is your responsibility. Pay attention. Teach him not to do it. Install punishment if he tries to do it again. This should be treated the exact same way you teach your child to do or not do just about anything. It is not magic. Its called parenting.
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korn_2956 said:
Exactly, slap his hand and say no, make sure he understands. Also, if your pants are off like at night or something then you need to put the knife up, no different then him finding a gun in your pocket, if he gets hurt you will be responsible emotionally and legally.
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As a parent myself of small children, I have everything locked up and out of reach. I find it infinitely irresponsible to leave a knife or gun out in a home with small children. This is absolutely a parenting issue. There are already too many stories on the news of kids finding guns and shooting themselves or a sibling or friend, a knife in the hands of a child is no different. Don't be lazy, put your toys away the way the kids do.
 
kamagong said:
That's so sad. The joys a child brings are well worth the challenges of parenting.
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Depends on who you are and what you want. Have kids and love 'em? That's great and I'm sincerely happy for you. Don't have kids and don't want 'em? That's also great, and I'm sincerely happy for those folks too.
 
I know when I was a little tot my father always had firearms/knives around and it was always my understanding when I was little that "Hey if I touch this I might get really hurt and if I touch it might butt will really hurt!" and that kept me far from them until I was old enough to understand how both work.... And/ or you get him his own toy knife.
 
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