Party poppers in kids' party bags?!

[fassbender]

DD came home today with two party poppers in her treat bag. This is the third or forth time it has happened over the past could of years. She's 6. AIBU or is this completely irresponsible?! I have to look through bags before giving them over! Does it happen anywhere else or is it only in my small town?

Blimey it's not a grenade you know!

What's wrong with a party popper?

I'd show her how to use safely and have some fun.

Well considering it's illegal to sell party poppers to under 16's yanbu!

It's one thing to allow a child to let one off with the parent knowing, it's another to stash one in a party bag where the child can get it out at any time

YANBU.

I've never seen it in a party bag though, or at a kids party TBH.

I'm as chilled as they come, but I wouldn't give young kids party poppers.

Mainly in case they set them off in each other's faces, or burn their fingers on them.

I burnt mine on NYE actually, still not quite sure what went wrong.

A few years ago someone let one off near my head and it hit it. And it hurt like fuck. Now I hate them.

It's a bloody party popper. They were given out when I was younger (now 27) and I've seen plenty of times in ds party bags. Never known an accident. Perhaps not the best item but certainly not 'completely irresponsible'.

yanbu
odd rather grown up thing to give a child

Haha, I read this wrong, missed the 'party' and was thinking this has to be a wind up!!

Yes I am aware it isn't a grenade and my daughter knows how to use one responsibly but I wouldn't let her do it without me and I wouldn't stash it in a party bag. You never know if other kids know how to use them properly. You can get someone's eye out

Mari

Mari, now that IS an interesting idea for a 6-year-ols party bag!!! :-)

You can also take someone's eye out with a pencil, children need to be taught to use things safety instead of trying to bubble wrap them from everything.
Party poppers were a standard item in a party bag when I was a child (24).

Was going to say YABU as there's no age restriction on party poppers, but googled to be sure and apparently there is!

You have to be 16+ to buy party poppers (and Christmas crackers!) so I guess YANBU.

YANBU, my 7yo set one off in her face at Xmas, very nearly had her eye out! Despite warnings of how to use them, she found one lying around after dinner and wanted to "see what happened"

It's 12 for Christmas crackers actually

I wouldn't be happy if my DD came home with one in a party bag

lou yep, and me.
I Really would not be het up about this.

I think YABU on this one. It's not Semtex.

Mari quite brilliant. Too funny

YABU and YAB a helicopter parent.

YANBU, that's just daft, why would you put a party popper in a party bag when there's so many other things you could put in?

YANBU. Maybe some of the posters have sensible children, but ds2 would most certainly try to look into the eye of the party popper while he pulled the string. And he'd do this before I noticed there was a party popper in the party bag, because I wouldn't expect to have to check his party bag for explosives.

And apart from anything else, an ex once fired one at my arse at close range and it bloody hurt.

Don't know why there's two YANBUs. Will I do. It's the wine.

Well. Bloody well!

Kiwi and others,** we can agree to disagree. I'm actually quite a chilled out parent, I just think it is a stupid thing to do. My child knows how to use them responsibly, and does, other children may not. The first time my daughter had one in a party bag, she was opening it while sitting in her car seat in the back of the car and she was 3. As PP said I don't expect to have to check a party bag.