ranged damage made me snort! But I also am a big supporter of toddler towers. They participate but they are also constrained to a spot and without (much) falling risk. I definitely did the “warm the stove a little bit and make them touch it” to explain that it would get much much hotter and better not touch it then. But he developed a healthy curiosity and he is on the verge of becoming actually helpful in the kitchen. For now, he is the spoon-cleaner