Why Fifty Dangerous Things? First off, Five Dangerous Things just weren't enough (although the audience at TED thought it was a good starting point). More importantly, there are many "dangerous" things that are interesting, eye-opening, enlightening or just plain fun! There are aspects of danger in virtually everything we do, the trick is to learn how practice actually minimizes danger.

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The basic notion is that children will be safer, more creative, and more confident, if they are given a chance to learn how recognize and mitigate risk for themselves. The book creates a perfect context for parents and children to try some activities that will not only be great learning experiences - they're also great fun!

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Here's Gever talking about Tinkering School and some of the ideas behind the book: