I was allowed to use grown-up scissors and the steak knives starting on my 13th birthday. It was nice not cutting with round scissor blades or trying to slice steak with a butter knife
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An important part of my homeschool curriculum was writing overwrought apologies to my mom for violating her rules about chewing gum, cracking knuckles, leaving the toilet seat up, and forgetting to use the safety scissors. I wrote this letter in Feb 92, 2 mos before turning 10pic.twitter.com/LJhkfRg8OT
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I didn't ever light a match much less start an outdoor fire until I entered my 30s.
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Grades 3 through 8
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It wasn't gentlemanly. She also tried to get me and my brother to urinate sitting down 20 years before that became a woke cause du jour
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Culpatory letters to mom are the best. My dad has a legendary one to his very Catholic mom which promises several dozen hail marys and our fathers, as well as many dozen "ejaculations" which was either an unfortunate malapropism or a real 60s term for a quick Catholic prayer
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Those were the days. I just apologized for not opening the cereal box properly and using too much toothpaste on the toothbrush and so on. It was extremely secular but she was devoted to the Work
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