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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 171862" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>There should be a time limit to the fireworks (none after midnight or 1:00 am). </p><p> </p><p>I have allowed difficult child to do smokebombs, sparklers, and pop-its. I am really surprised the neighbor mom allowed her son, same age of difficult child, join in. She also allowed her daughter (7 years old) to join us. We had to ask her son not to throw the sparklers and to stay away from the other kids (he would walk past them with sparkler behind him like he was pulling a wagon with it - and not watch where the sparkler was - which was usually too close to my difficult child's and his sister's heads). He doesn't pay as much attention to what he is doing as my difficult child and his sister does - that is why he is not allowed to do much of what I allow difficult child to do. The lighter wasn't working for these and lighting matches just didn't seem the safest, so we brought out a few candles to light the sparklers from.</p><p> </p><p>I like doing sparklers in the winter when there are snowbanks to put them out in - since that is part of the fun, they get put out before they burn down too close to a finger.</p><p> </p><p>I totaly understand where those that are 100% opposed to this are coming from. Growing up we never had fireworks until I was an older teen and then we only did sparklers on New Years Eve. I always said I would never allow my kids to do these and am not sure how this was allowed to start. I do trust difficult child - he does understand and follow the safety rules and of course, he is supervised when doing this. He is not allowed to do anything that shoots anywhere. Smokebombs, sparklers, and pop-its are the least dangerous and that is all we do. And as always, kids need to be supervised because they don't always think of what the possibilities are - they only see what they think will happen, not what can go wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 171862, member: 5096"] There should be a time limit to the fireworks (none after midnight or 1:00 am). I have allowed difficult child to do smokebombs, sparklers, and pop-its. I am really surprised the neighbor mom allowed her son, same age of difficult child, join in. She also allowed her daughter (7 years old) to join us. We had to ask her son not to throw the sparklers and to stay away from the other kids (he would walk past them with sparkler behind him like he was pulling a wagon with it - and not watch where the sparkler was - which was usually too close to my difficult child's and his sister's heads). He doesn't pay as much attention to what he is doing as my difficult child and his sister does - that is why he is not allowed to do much of what I allow difficult child to do. The lighter wasn't working for these and lighting matches just didn't seem the safest, so we brought out a few candles to light the sparklers from. I like doing sparklers in the winter when there are snowbanks to put them out in - since that is part of the fun, they get put out before they burn down too close to a finger. I totaly understand where those that are 100% opposed to this are coming from. Growing up we never had fireworks until I was an older teen and then we only did sparklers on New Years Eve. I always said I would never allow my kids to do these and am not sure how this was allowed to start. I do trust difficult child - he does understand and follow the safety rules and of course, he is supervised when doing this. He is not allowed to do anything that shoots anywhere. Smokebombs, sparklers, and pop-its are the least dangerous and that is all we do. And as always, kids need to be supervised because they don't always think of what the possibilities are - they only see what they think will happen, not what can go wrong. [/QUOTE]
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