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Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your children do) is the first book from the people who created Tinkering School. With projects, activities, experiences, and skills ranging from “Superglue Your Fingers Together” to “Play with Fire,” along with 48 other great ideas, the book is a manifesto for kids and parents alike to reclaim childhood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your children do) is the first book from the people who created Tinkering School. With projects, activities, experiences, and skills ranging from “Superglue Your Fingers Together” to “Play with Fire,” along with 48 other great ideas, the book is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-1d5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":466,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/09\/15\/likeafieldmouse-kiki-smith-lilith-1994\/","url_meta":{"origin":4655,"position":0},"title":"likeafieldmouse: Kiki Smith\u00a0- Lilith (1994)\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"September 15, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"likeafieldmouse: Kiki Smith\u00a0- Lilith (1994) \u201cSmith\u2019s art is devoted to the exploration of the human body, inside and out. 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