Just curious how young you let them play with sparklers for 4th of July.
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My kid is 4.5 and I won't let her this summer. Kids just get too easily distracted and injuries can happen in an instant. Doesn't seem worth the risk to me.
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I'm going to let DD try with her hand with MUCH supervision of course 2.5
Literally my hand on hers -
3.5. She held it by herself and loved it!
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We just let her do it herself the other day. She's 3.5. Of course we were standing right there and took it from her once it got small
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They scare the crap out of me so probably never if I'm around. Plus all fireworks are illegal in my county so I don't think we could have them anyway.
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Given that I won't even hold them LO is not touching one on his own with my blessing ever.
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I was running around with them as long as I can remember, but my son will not have one ever.
I heard that there is carcinogenic material on them.
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DS did a month ago (2-1/2) at a friends where their 3 yr old girls were. But we were paranoid so I don't think we'll go out of our way to give them to him.
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Never. DH works in the ER, it is not in the cards for our kids under our watch.
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DS held them last year when he was 2.5. He was a bit unsure of them. We will try again this year. He loves the pop-its, though!
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Hasn't yet at 4.5 and won't for a while. She can barely roast marshmallows with supervision so I'm not gonna give her a stick of fire!
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Never. I won't even hold them, I sure as heck am not letting my kid hold them.
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Wow, I'm really surprised with all these replies! I'm typically the "no" parent, but we've allowed our boys to have them- the 5 year old pretty independently (us close by) and very close supervision with my 2.5 yr old (my hand over his). Am I missing something (besides the obvious burn?!)
It's interesting to me how different people parent. For me, trampolines are a big no, whereas others don't see a problem with it.
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Nope, LO (2yo) is in a phase where she flings stuff around or even at other people, so def no.
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Hm, I must suck as a mom. I let them hold them (with our hands over their) their first 4th of July, so... 7 months old. They did them independently last year at 3.5. My family works in ERs, and they've had no problem with it.
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Hmm last year my son was 2 and I think one of my friends held it with my son and I didn't think anything. If they're carcinogenic maybe I'll have him refrain though.
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At three. He did great and we stayed in arms length.
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She just turned 5 and has not been allowed to hold one yet. Maybe at 10 or so. I don't buy them but DH's family loves fireworks and I don't know how long I can keep them away from her as I'm not always around.
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