The school have successfully ruined bonfire night for my DS

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I'm wondering AIBU, I'm sat her pretty peed off. DH and I arranged to put our dogs with a friend and we bought a small selection of fireworks for the back garden, these were low noise tame ones DS are 8 & 5. It was supposed to be a surprise!!

So the boys come out and are scared to death of the fireworks, and started to tell us the school have been talking all day about the danger, they have shown my DS 8 pictures of people with burnt faces, he described the eyelids all burnt, people with burnt tummys and one picture of someone missing a leg.

Don't get me started on sparklers, Oh no mum we are not allowed them, look my coat has big sleeves, our gloves aren't the correct type.

Sod this over protective nonsense, there is safety then there is scaring kids stupid and wrecking something that should be fun.

Opinions??

Are there actually any recorded cases of anyone being hurt by a responsibly handled sparklers?

in short I do not want my kids to have a fear of sex. I want them to undertand it.

I would be quite happy for them to have a healthy fear of garden fireworks

I agree the school is right to warn.

Here we don´t do Nov 5th & fireworks seem to only be sold for New Years Eve where people let them off in their gardens or in the street.

No public displays.

Nope not LidL ones they were tesco ones, and all fizzed perfectly from a wheelbarrow - to avoid sideways accidents.

The school isn't being U in what they did, but I did think it was a bit ridiculous when I went (with another adult) to a display the other day, and they wouldnt let us light our sparklers.
I am an adult! I wanted my sparkler!

For years I was scared if being near fireworks after a man living down the road lost a hand. I had got over it, fortunately, by the time I attended a party where some of the fireworks starting flying around at ground level rather than up in the air.

Both events happened with responsible adults in charge. I love watching fireworks but don't want to be close to them, and anything school does to discourage my sobs wanting to handle them is fine by me.

and if the school didn't warn pupils you'd be saying 'look at all these fireworks injuries! why aren't they taught health and safety in school? how irresponsible!'

i think some mners children should be banned from schools on the grounds that their parents undermine the good work schools are doing.

Lovebunny not at all we are able to teach our children health and safety as grown adults. You call showing children horrid images and worrying them silly good work??

I'm a teacher
I talk about firework safety in an age appropriate way
I set off rockets in my garden too

you can't get really big ones for home display.

just can't.

I looked for DHs 30th birthday. the biggest you can get would still be small in a public display.

last time i was at Ally Pally for new years, there seemed to be lots of fireworks and no-one getting arrested. and my brother comedically raising his wrist to check his watch, and pouring champagne on himself at the same time!

i think that a couple of fireworks in the garden is fine, assuming you don't have a tiny gardern :) if you teach your children how to be sensible then they shouldn't shove a sparkler in their brothers face etc. I for one have never even dreamed of putting a sparkler in my brother or sisters face and I never even got shown the horrible pictures OP is talking about.
If normal precautions are followed and you know that your children are sensible - it's fine by me!
I love fireworks :D

IfNot - It's not about you being sensible, but about children running around and being attracted to the sparklers (and also safe disposal of hot sparklers).

DH was a marshal at a Fire Service display on Saturday and had to ask a few people not to light sparklers, despite there being large signs asking people not to light them. A headline of "Child burned at Fire Brigade display" would not go down well.

we ordered from these people

the firework box we ordered still has some left and they have all gone off perfectly.

actually these 4-king marvellous might fit the bill?

you are allowed fireworks between certain times..

hmm the rules seem against 'public use'

You've got rid of your dogs for the might but what about other people's pets and even if you're v rural then horses, farm and wild animals will still suffer.

Your boys are very sensible - I'm amazed that people are able to buy fireworks for "private" displays. They should only be used at properly regulated public displays IMO. One year since people lost their lives in the horrific accident on the M5 due to "fun" with fireworks.

More children are killed and injured in road accidents than by fireworks. Do you stop driving because of it? Or do you just do it safely and enjoy it?

We had fireworks in the garden as children - we stayed inside and my dad lit them safely outside (with a long touch paper, never going back to one that didn't go off etc. etc.)
But i was too scared to ever go out and hold a sparkler as a child after that advert in the 70s

Oh, and I don't think that 5yr old and an 8yr old need to be told not to throw or otherwise mess around with fireworks... it's the 13 and 14yr olds that are generally idiots with them (and oustide un-supervised and able to get hold of them).

Have just had some idiot in our front garden firing a firework in his hand directed at our hedges. This is the reason why it's good they show this stuff in schools...

jeez schrodinger where do you live? it sounds dangerous!