How about letting her hurt herself (slightly)? If she’s old enough to understand you, she’s old enough to learn that people who tell her not to do something mean well.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

My nephew based his life on Dennis the Menace. I was cooking a family and got called out of the kitchen where I was working alone.

Two minutes later I come back in to find this kid (maybe 5?) waving my razor sharp french knife around.

I very carefully removed it from his grasp and when I wasn't using it I put it under a towel at the back of the counter. Told his parents to watch him.

Later he's got it again and a steak knife.

I take all the blades, put them in a box, and put them way up high.

Come back later and he's got a chair against the counter, a box on the counter, and he's heading back up the chair with more of mother's cookbooks to pile up to stand on...

Some kids are a little more extreme.

Edit: cooking a family feast, not a family (see first paragraph).

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cooking a family, you know you can go back and edit where you wrote that instead of adding an asterisk at the end of your essay.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Thought it was funnier that way.

[–] themusicman@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a choice for the parents to make. I would never take that risk as an uncle

[–] vonxylofon@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Talk to the parents then?

[–] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

It's a good idea but the problem lies in the "slightly" part. The house is under renovation so the dangers are real.

Nonetheless , The idea is very interesting so if such scenario ever present itself I will certainly try it.