I think the children now are just as smart as we were, it is some of the adults I worry about. I had an electric iron that got really hot, sewing machine with a needle, easy bake oven and a chemistry set that would freak any parent now out. I didn't burn myself or the dog and I definitely knew that the chemicals stayed out of the easy bake cake mixes. I even rode my bike without a helmet or knee pads, and lived to tell about it.