I saw this article, and I wonder what you guys think.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/should-we-le...=y&mod=e2fb

[EDITED: I think if you find the article on Google News or Facebook, you can read a certain number of articles for free.]

Before we start yelling at "kids these days" for being too soft, let me remind you that exposure to tools depends on your environment. Being a city kid, I didn't grow up sawing wood, hunting squirrels with my .22, or field-dressing deer with a hunting knife. However, thanks to some people I knew, I played with electronics at a young age -- soldering, rewiring, etc. I even got shocked a few times (their idea of teaching me about safety).

Today some kids are getting so much schooling and after school programs that they don't have time to do anything else. Maybe they need to do all that to get a good career later in life. So I wouldn't be too hard on them. After all, I'm sure our ancestors from 5,000 years ago would laugh at our wilderness survival skills.

Still, some balance would be good, so people don't end up seeing knives solely as weapons.