Don't Eat Your Peas With an Ultra Sharp Sushi, Sashimi, Or Ginsu Knife - Trust Me on This!

Back in the day cowboys in the Old West,Now then, I suppose if you were in the old West,
especially those who rode on horseback or ateand you had the steady hands to grab a
dinner out on the prairie, well, they often did notrattlesnake, cut it apart, put it over an open
have silverware or forks, some carried spoonsflame, you probably had the dexterity to eat that
for soup, but most likely they didn't have anything.rattlesnake meat off the tip of your knife. But, I'd
But they did have a knife, so they used the knifelike to remind you, that your children do not have
to gut the animal they were eating and then usedthat level of dexterity yet, and it would be bad
it to eat with too. It worked out well, unless theyparenting if you allow them to eat their peas, fruit
were trying to eat peas or something small, thenloops, or pieces of their Pop Tart with a sharp
it made more sense to use their hands, otherwisesushi, sashimi, and Ginsu Knife. Trust me on this.
it took them a long time to eat dinner.Why do I feel this is important? I met a lady at
Taking a long time to eat is not so bad under theStarbucks the other day who worked as a nurse
moon and stars out in the middle of nowhere, andin the emergency room at the local hospital, I
yet, you can understand the difficulty. Now fastasked her about knife wounds and gunshot
forward to the future, and today, we'd tell ourwounds, and she said "Yes, we occasionally get
kids not to eat with a knife, as obviously we don'tthose," but what bothered her most was when
want them to hurt or cut themselves, but kidslittle kids came in with cuts on their hands and
still do, and if we tell them not to do something,face, from something as silly and stupid as trying
well they are much more likely to do it in spiteto eat with their knives.
aren't they?