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Educate Children About Fire
10/26/2017 (Permalink)
A Personal Experience
My Uncle's house burnt down back in 1981 because of this very thing of a child playing with fire. My 6 yr old cousin had taken one of the lighters around the house and gone to his bedroom and was lighting it in the closet. It caught the clothes above him on fire which then the fire quickly got out of control and burnt up most of the house before it got put out.
Educate To Prevent
It is important to let kids know just how quickly fires get out of control. We teach them the stove is hot and don't touch but many kids (and I know I was the same) see fire and there is a certain interest in it. The flame can look so small but we as adults know how quickly that flame can become a fire. Take the time to let them know what can happen and when possible keep any lighters or anything else that could start a fire out of their reach.