Comments on: Why your child needs a knife

By: The Quest for Efficiency can Degrade our Humanity — Flourish

The Quest for Efficiency can Degrade our Humanity — Flourish — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:04:43 +0000

[...] Teacher: “Only once.”) They also have knives, and the preschoolers cut up their own fruit. Knives, like irons, are less dangerous when you know how to use them. Young children are keen to use tools and to help with chores; the temptation to shirk takes a few [...]

By: Heather @ Cultivated Lives

Heather @ Cultivated Lives — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:02:36 +0000

What a fascinating article. As the mother of three boys (and a former tomboy) I can’t believe I haven’t given this much thought. Off to get some soap and let them get their fingers wet…

By: Richard Louv, Kids and Creation Care — Flourish

Richard Louv, Kids and Creation Care — Flourish — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:02:16 +0000

[...] Disorder” on NPR. For further reading on children and the outdoors read “Kids, Knives and Creation Care” from Flourish President and Co-Founder Rusty [...]

By: Kids and Nature-Deficit Disorder — Flourish

Kids and Nature-Deficit Disorder — Flourish — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:02:20 +0000

[...] the full article here. For more on kids and the outdoors read Rusty Pritchard’s “Kids, Knives, and Creation Care” from the Flourish [...]

By: Three Easy Activities for a Nature Walk with Children — Flourish

Three Easy Activities for a Nature Walk with Children — Flourish — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:14:20 +0000

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Top 3 Blogs of the Week | The King's Green Pad — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:47:10 +0000

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By: I knew it. I just knew it. Knives are good! « Cutlery News Journal

I knew it. I just knew it. Knives are good! « Cutlery News Journal — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:41:00 +0000

[...] as a knife enthusiast, I was surprised by what I read. Rusty Pritchard authored Why your child needs a knife. Now, don’t expect this to be the typical argument about “rites of passage,” boys [...]

By: Scott King

Scott King — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:55:50 +0000

Very interesting. Even though I am a father of 4 wonder kids, who are now in their teenage years and beyond, I wasn’t away of the child development benefits knives provide, but as the founder of a knife collector social network and one who promotes the enjoyment knife use and collecting offers, I am tickled to learn yet another reason knives are a good thing.

By: andy perkins

andy perkins — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:10:05 +0000

Right Rusty. I remember carving whistles out of the willow tree across the street at the age of about nine. My grandfather had us carving our own walking sticks from the age of about 8. I need to find a good knife again, and four more for my boys.