My gods, she'd have a heart attack if she saw my 2-year-old helping me put dishes away, which includes *gasp!* sharp knives! (To be fair, they're paring knives, so they're small, and he holds them for all of 10 seconds as he pulls them out of the silverware holder and hands them to me, but giving him a job to do makes him take it more seriously and makes him more likely to behave and cooperate.)