In my whole family of three living kids, eight grandkids, five great grandkids, EVERYONE knows Grannie's scissors are off-limits----any kind of Grannie's scissors as far as they are concerned. They all have sense enough to ask if they can use "these scissors" if they are into a project. I know every pair of scissors in this house, personally and usually remember where they were when the kids went looking for a pair. Too bad it is getting to point of being "usually" anymore for me. I do hate to think of the day when I can't find a special pair of my scissors because of having hidden it from various invaders.