Screwdrivers – great fun for all the family
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This is just classic and unintentionally funny. Extracted from everyone’s favourite free ads magazine “Busy Body Adz”. Picked it up off a bench earlier because the front cover was so bad it was good. They also have the brilliant tag line “Oh yes, it’s free”. That’s exactly what I was thinking when I picked it up. Clairvoyant publishers?
One of the articles in the magazine is “How to amuse toddlers”. The author says “I hope that other childcare providers and parents will find inspiration in this article to challenge their babies with creative new experiences”.
Number 7 on the list is : Pretend to fix things with tools.
Give your toddler some tools and something to fix. It helps if you are fixing something alongside the child. Avoid tools that have sharp edges or are likely to pinch. Wrenches and screwdrivers are fairly safe. Just don’t let them run around with a screwdriver in hand. And don’t leave them unattended with a flat headed screwdriver and an exposed electrical outlet. A very dangerous combination
You may just want to stick with Phillips head screwdrivers since they won’t fit into an outlet slot. (You really should have outlet covers on all toddler height outlets anyway.)
So there you go mums and dads, bet you’re glad Busy Body Adz enabled me to bring you this unique way to amuse your toddler.
4 Comments
July 1st, 2008 at 5:29 pm
AJ, I can’t stop laughing. The piece is bloody marvellous; next we’ll get instructions on how to teach a toddler to pass scissors or a pair of secateurs to someone else without stabbing themselves in the process; mind you, as “surving life” skills go, quite useful.
Incidentally, two hours ago I sold my – as good as new – Black & Decker screw, drill and whatever else gadget. I obviously went wrong somewhere when not allowing Felix to electrocute himself when he was little; now he has no intention to ever drill a hole in his life.
U
July 1st, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I was the same when I read it Ursula – I really thought it was meant to be a comedy piece!
Ah well, not everyone is cut out for DIY jobs.
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