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    So the kids are learning to scrap...

    My 4-year-old can remove the board from a hard drive all by himself. My 2-year-old can hand me the right tool (usually!). And all the kids are learning to identify metals.

    But why did my 2-year-old put my bobby pins into my shred bucket?


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    bro she's punking you. she's letting you know she's the big dog on the block.

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    kids learning to make good money with hard work and honestly. I can see them now growing up hauling in little red wagons pulled with a bike lol

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    Lol! Sadly, all boys! 13, 11, 4, and 2. I'm overwhelmed by a sea of budding testosterone!

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    Make sure you keep their hands washed quite well as there is lead in that solder on the back of the boards. No sense in getting lead in their system at such an early age. They'll run into all kinds of crap later in life.
    They put the bobby pins in the shred bucket cause they are metal.
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    Watch the film. You will learn a lot about giant-sized bobby pins.

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    But mom they stuck to the magnet.
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    I took my 3-yr-old son to the scrap yard with me yesterday. He was excited, esp about the money, and about helping me strip wire before we went. He got to keep the change from our earnings.
    Starting him young!
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