not too fussed about her buying her son a blade, but teaching him that its important for self defense :S thats rather wrong, take him to judo lessons or something
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Oh dear. I don't think it's right at all - at six years old how can he understand the damage this knife could cause? He could accidentally kill someone and how would he feel then? If she wants to teach him self-defense then there are plenty of other ways she could teach him.
It's only a knife over here perhaps it is a bad thing but in the UK knife crime is a big issue and fixed blade knives are illegal in the UK. The difference is they are American they live in a country where anyone over the age of 3 can legally own a weapon. I see nothing wrong with this.
It's only a knife over here perhaps it is a bad thing but in the UK knife crime is a big issue and fixed blade knives are illegal in the UK. The difference is they are American they live in a country where anyone over the age of 3 can legally own a weapon. I see nothing wrong with this.
When I was a kid my dad gave me a knife, along with a few different tools, but that was solely for using for anything I wanted to build or make so I don't see a problem with that. On the other hand, getting your kid a knife for the purpose of self defense isn't a good idea, as far as I'm concerned. Let him learn martial arts or do some self defense training at some stage instead.
It's only a knife over here perhaps it is a bad thing but in the UK knife crime is a big issue and fixed blade knives are illegal in the UK. The difference is they are American they live in a country where anyone over the age of 3 can legally own a weapon. I see nothing wrong with this.
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Fixed blade knives are illegal? Surely only if you take them out of the home with the intent of causing harm? Otherwise we're all criminals. We all have knives in the kitchen.
I agree that there are better ways of teaching self defense but the article doesn't really make it clear. She could be teaching him other methods too, as well as the good and bad points of having a knife and when to/when not to use it.
It's only a knife over here perhaps it is a bad thing but in the UK knife crime is a big issue and fixed blade knives are illegal in the UK. The difference is they are American they live in a country where anyone over the age of 3 can legally own a weapon. I see nothing wrong with this.
i was told a statistic by a policeman (admittedly some time ago) that more people were hospitalised after having their own knife turned on them than were those who were attacked by knife-wielding aggressors, so a knife for self-defense is actually counter-productive.
Fixed blade knives are illegal? Surely only if you take them out of the home with the intent of causing harm? Otherwise we're all criminals. We all have knives in the kitchen.
What they mean by fixed blade is a knife that can be folded or sheathed and is locked in place when brandished, for example a flick knife is a conceiled weapon that has a locking fixed blade. It's why swiss army knives that they give to boy scouts are legal as the blade cannot lock.
Oh well, my friend is a criminal. He carries one for his work, but has to carry it to and from and basically lives in his bag. Basically is a Swiss army knife but the blade can lock. He uses it because the Swiss army knives don't have a serrated or really sharp enough blade to cut through things efficiently.
I actually think that it was a ridiculous thing to do. There is a HUGE difference between the maturity and understanding of a 6 year old boy and 11 year old girl. At 6 they can't possibly comprehend all the different nuances in self defence and fighting and weapons. It's just asking for an accident to be honest.
6 year old boys like to run around pretending to be cops and robbers and bad guys and good guys. They like shooting pretend guns and bows and arrows, not stabbing people. I've never seen kids play games that involves pretending to stab people except with wooden/plastic swords. And sword play is different to knife play. It just strikes me as irresponsible to provide someone so young with such a dangerous weapon.
Wait until he's older, enrol him in karate or kickboxing, teach him how to stand up for himself. Don't buy him a damn knife. Really.
Woah. Soapbox. But seriously, there are enough kids running around with knives, let's stop actively encouraging it.
I don't think it's right but saying that my cousin has penknifes and he's only 10..but he's had them for awhile. He's always been fascinated by knives though. But his dad didn't go "here son, hers a knive to protect yourself" it was more to 'cut and make things'.
I agree with amy mockingbird on this, if you want to teach your kid self defence teach him with the art of self defence. There is enough stabbings in the world (espech uk atm) due to knive crime and it should be ended not encouraged.
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I vaguely remember seeing photos in a magazine with Angie and her child coming out from a gym or somewhere, he was in karate clothes. With their money i'm sure he does loads of activities like that as well.
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I'm sure she's giving him a full-on educated talk about the uses of knives and violence and self defence BUT I don't see why she has to buy him a knife to go along with it!
If anything it would be encouraging him to use a knife when confronted with danger. And what danger is this 6 year old boy likely to get into? There are other ways of encouraging self defence; like karate or general self defence training. And what about the age old discussion about never going anywhere alone, not talking to strangers etc etc etc.
What possible good can come from giving a knife to anybody as a self defence weapon?
It depends on the kind of knife I think... I had a Swiss Army knife when I was probably 7 or 8, and I used it loads for things like shaving the bark off of sticks, and I carried it pretty much everywhere for years, but I couldn't have hurt myself with it if I tried (and in fact, I did try a few years back, so I'm really quite sure of that). I even had my second Swiss Army knife even before I was 11 (I was probably like 9 or 10, I don't know, but it was definitely before we moved, which was when I was 11). And considering my parents complained about my buying a cap gun even at 21 (and keep in mind that cap guns don't shoot anything, they just make noise), and I never even had a Nerf gun or anything as a kid, it's not like my parents were just crazy into weapons or anything.
I guess the knife I carry now would be illegal in the UK. But when I'm leaving work at 9 or 10 at night in downtown Oakland, I sure as f*** want to have some kind of weapon on me. I think it's kind of ridiculous that they'd ban all knives that lock though, cause pocket knives are kind of necessary for camping and such, and really useful for loads of every day things, and having a knife that can't close on your fingers by accident while you're using it is kind of a basic safety issue if you've got a knife that's sharp enough to be useful as anything other than a child's toy. Sure Swiss Army knives don't lock, but they're also about as sharp as children's safety scissors, which tends to be a problem if you want to cut through anything tougher than a sheet of paper.
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