My 3 year old daughter gets it! Why don't they?

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lilBIGfoot

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I noticed the other day, I believe my 3 year old daughter is more comfortable and understanding of knives than the general public. I have taught her safety, never let her use one, but she loves when i use any of mine.

Pretty bad that a 3 year old recognizes and understands the need for a cutting tool more so than the general public. Whether its a blister package, pack of crackers or a cereal box, I always hear 'daddy, just use your knife!'

Just thought I would share that and see if any one else's toddler is amazed with knives yet very understanding and cautious.
 
Isn't it normal that kids are familiar with what their parents teach them? If you had persistently told her that knives are the most dangerous thing in the entire world, I'm sure she would believe it.

You can tell a kid that whatever god or fantasy creature you like is real, and they will believe everything.
 
That's awesome at least he's teaching her the right use for a knife. Teach em young and they will forever know.
 
I'm more impressed with the fact that she has the cognitive skills to know that a knife is a useful and necessary item in life.

Yet many grown ups have yet to develop that mindset.
 
I dont think I've heard anyone say knives are the most dangerous things ever.
Usually they just tell kids to stay away so they don't harm themselves needlessly.
A perfectly understandable point most of the times.

A five year old understood the need for doubling the microns thick oxide layer of the floating gate in SSD's to increase read/write/delete cycles. She said "But if they make it last longer why don't they do it?".
Or did she really, understand? Not just nod yes.
 
We start off with an un-tainted innocent logic. The rest of our lives, we are brainwashed to accept the illogical.
 
+1 on what CM said.
That being said, my little 6 year old cousin is amazed by my knives. She thinks they're the greatest things in the world. She all the time wants to hold them and use them to cut things open.
My family doesn't understand the knife thing, including her mother. Her grandma thinks they're nice but doesn't get it either. Her dad is an idiot.
I have no idea where she found the appreciation. She asked me why I need them and I said "To cut things open". Now when she needs something opened she always comes to me because I have a knife lol.
I taught her that she shouldn't touch them without an adult around because she could hurt herself and showed her a "boo-boo" I had from accidentally cutting myself and she understood.
I know I told her what I need them for and that she can get hurt, but she's just so enthusiastic about them. I see a knife being gifted to her in the near future if her mom says it's okay. =]
 
BladeChick777 said:
+1 on what CM said.
That being said, my little 6 year old cousin is amazed by my knives. She thinks they're the greatest things in the world. She all the time wants to hold them and use them to cut things open.
My family doesn't understand the knife thing, including her mother. Her grandma thinks they're nice but doesn't get it either. Her dad is an idiot.
I have no idea where she found the appreciation. She asked me why I need them and I said "To cut things open". Now when she needs something opened she always comes to me because I have a knife lol.
I taught her that she shouldn't touch them without an adult around because she could hurt herself and showed her a "boo-boo" I had from accidentally cutting myself and she understood.
I know I told her what I need them for and that she can get hurt, but she's just so enthusiastic about them. I see a knife being gifted to her in the near future if her mom says it's okay. =]
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Awesome to hear that. It's rare to find children who can be open, and respectful of what they are told to do and not to do.
 
My 4 year old Jocelyn is the same, have been teaching her different utility grips for a knife and lately holding her hands while she whittles on a stick with a small folder. She has her own pink Vic Classic and wants my Mini Recon 1.

Doesn't relate to religious or philosophical indoctrination unless you make it that way. It is like teaching them about cars and later how to operate one. That doesn't suggest cars are evil or good unless you throw it in there.
 
lilBIGfoot said:
I noticed the other day, I believe my 3 year old daughter is more comfortable and understanding of knives than the general public. I have taught her safety, never let her use one, but she loves when i use any of mine.

Pretty bad that a 3 year old recognizes and understands the need for a cutting tool more so than the general public. Whether its a blister package, pack of crackers or a cereal box, I always hear 'daddy, just use your knife!'

Just thought I would share that and see if any one else's toddler is amazed with knives yet very understanding and cautious.
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Has your three year old seen a victim of a slash attack? A stabbed corpse? Hmmm. Maybe she's been robbed at knife point by now?

..... I understand being proud of your three year old...Trust me, I get it. But, it's a "LITTLE" bit different what you're comparing it to. There is nothing brainwashing or illogical about being victimized by someone with evil in their body and a weapon such as a knife. One mans tool can easily become a weapon be it a hammer, a knife, a 4 wheel drive truck... sometimes you can't be so one sided and think about yourself and how you feel. Try telling a woman who was held at knife point and sexually assaulted how illogical she is when you whip out an umnumzaan and she cringes.

I'm not trying to take shots at you or undermine your pride in your daughters awesomeness but just making a point when you begin to downplay the rational thought of people who undoubtedly have seen far more than your daughter has in three years of life.
Humility.
 
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My two year old ask me very morning to see my knife. I'm trying to teach her that knives and guns or tools just like my drill and saw. I always tell her they are tools and not toys and that we don't play with them. P.S. sometimes she catches me playing with them.
 
exactly, kids that age are so malleable. while I think it's cool that the guy taught her right, it's not exactly some sign of her being more enlightened than the anti crowd, she's just had an extremely limited life experience, and the few she's had have shown her knives are a useful tool. however, she's possibly only one bad experience away from fearing knives.
 
Reignman said:
Has your three year old seen a victim of a slash attack? A stabbed corpse? Hmmm. Maybe she's been robbed at knife point by now?

..... I understand being proud of your three year old...Trust me, I get it. But, it's a "LITTLE" bit different what you're comparing it to. There is nothing brainwashing or illogical about being victimized by someone with evil in their body and a weapon such as a knife. One mans tool can easily become a weapon be it a hammer, a knife, a 4 wheel drive truck... sometimes you can't be so one sided and think about yourself and how you feel. Try telling a woman who was held at knife point and sexually assaulted how illogical she is when you whip out an umnumzaan and she cringes.

I'm not trying to take shots at you or undermine your pride in your daughters awesomeness but just making a point when you begin to downplay the rational thought of people who undoubtedly have seen far more than your daughter has in three years of life.
Humility.
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Knives don't kill people. I do.

..and I will find whatever means necessary. If i can't get a knife or a gun i will grab a baseball bat.

Ever show your kid pictures of someone beat to death with a bat?

And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.

9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground11 now give me that knife so we won''t have anymore of this
 
lilBIGfoot said:
I noticed the other day, I believe my 3 year old daughter is more comfortable and understanding of knives than the general public. I have taught her safety, never let her use one, but she loves when i use any of mine.

Pretty bad that a 3 year old recognizes and understands the need for a cutting tool more so than the general public. Whether its a blister package, pack of crackers or a cereal box, I always hear 'daddy, just use your knife!'

Just thought I would share that and see if any one else's toddler is amazed with knives yet very understanding and cautious.
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Very cool, this can be the start a very interesting and lifelong hobby for her too. Thanks for sharing that :thumbup:
 
For some reason people nowadays think if you own a knife you must be a crazed murderer, I grew up in a house of knives (dad was a butcher and a knife collector) and I don't see knives as a weapon I see them as tools and thats what people don't seem to understand anymore, knives are one of the single most important discoveries in the entire history of man without knives and fire we would probably still be living in caves.
 
Violence and malevolence aside, most of the general public look at using a knife as barbaric, but ripping a package open with your teeth is common practice.

None of these people have had horrible experiences with knives. It's the lack of experience that is saddening.
 
lilBIGfoot said:
I noticed the other day, I believe my 3 year old daughter is more comfortable and understanding of knives than the general public. I have taught her safety, never let her use one, but she loves when i use any of mine.

Pretty bad that a 3 year old recognizes and understands the need for a cutting tool more so than the general public. Whether its a blister package, pack of crackers or a cereal box, I always hear 'daddy, just use your knife!'

Just thought I would share that and see if any one else's toddler is amazed with knives yet very understanding and cautious.
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The difference is how people are raised...

That's the short answer and the bottom line.
 
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