We put suffocation warnings on all the - on every piece of plastic film manufactured in the United States or for sale… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
Every day, new laws are created that further hamper the ways children can engage with the world. — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
Every child, and every person, deserves a chance to make something of themselves. — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
We put suffocation warnings on all the - on every piece of plastic film manufactured in the United States or for sale with an… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
“Violent crime is at an all-time low in our country, yet numerous studies show that crime is a significant portion of news coverage. By… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
The evolution of playground equipment has been to this ever safer, less challenging, less interesting assemblies of equipment. — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
“Lick a 9-Volt Battery” was chosen as the first topic in Fifty Dangerous Things because we thought that most parents would have already done… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
When we strive to remove all risk from childhood we also remove the foundations of a rational adulthood, and we eliminate the very experiences… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
Tinkering is a way of understanding difficult problems, of wrapping our heads around them and quantifying the unknowns. — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
“The best reason to examine the pervasive influence of dangerism is to ensure we aren’t hindering our children’s development by limiting their experiences in… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
As individuals, and as a society, we can choose to take responsibility for ourselves. In doing so we have to accept that sometimes when… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems. — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
The news media is so quick to pick up tragic stories of imperiled children that it seems like there are more terrible events today… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
“Children who are protected from every possible source of danger never learn to deal with risk. Lenore Skenazy puts it this way, “If kids… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
Pocketknives are kind of drifting out of our cultural consciousness, which I think is a terrible thing. — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
