My kids and husband all knew to leave my sewing shears along. Same respect - I didn't use husbands tools either. When my son was in middle school he took homemaking and for his sewing class he needs the list of must haves. Told him to go get what he needed and then I would check it all out. Well he did. Including my Ghinger shears. That was changed to the Fiskars. At least he knew the 'good" ones. But my kids just always knew that Moms sewing was Moms sewing and leave it alone. I also kept the scissors in the sewing cabinet drawer out of direct sight. I also bought a bunch of very elcheapo screwdrivers, hammer, pliers for me in the house. And you know - they always stayed in the house because they were not good enough for my husband to work with. I respected my husbands tools because he worked with them and he respected my sewing things.