Originally Posted by amandasgramma
Wow -- here I am, the oddball again! I was baking bread when I was 10, I used a deep fryer about then, too. I was cutting wood when I was 7 -- my brother started before that. My brother had his first gun (not a bb gun either) when he was 6 and was helping dad in the garage about that time, too. I was putting the hooks on my own fishing pole when I was around 8. If you teach them RIGHT how to handle stuff, explain what can happen and watch them closely, then they'll be okay. kids today are protected so much they don't know how to act. JMHO
I agree.
Obviously you have to use common sense and base your decision on what you know of your child. My nine-year-old daughter uses the rotary cutter, the iron, and her own sewing machine all by herself- while I supervise, and watch to make sure that younger siblings aren't going to interfere.