This seems to be a modern, Western approach to thing. I&#x27;ve seen South American tribal folk give a 5 year old a machete to do actual work. I didn&#x27;t see a lot of dismembered children.<p>A lot of it comes down to family training. The older kids teach the younger kids what to do and not do. This doesn&#x27;t protect from every little thing, but life is not that safe.<p>You do need training however. I was in Montana as a child with my dad on business. The client lived way out in the middle of nowhere. He was a big man (bigger than my father who&#x27;s 6&#x27; 1&quot;). He reached into a drawer, pulled out two bear size handfuls of .22lr, showed me how to load the riffle (fortunately I&#x27;d been trained by my dad and grandfather on hunting small game around the farm) and told me the adults need to talk. What he didn&#x27;t tell me is that it was a modified .22lr: full auto. I was in for a surprise when 10 rounds cracked out at supersonic speed. I was fine and had fun. It could have been bad though.