To think a 5 yr old is ok to have a sparkler?

[PopcornFiend]

Dd2 will turn 1 very close to bonfire night. I thought it would be nice to start a little birthday tradition of having some sparklers in the garden (not fireworks) followed by hot choc & birthday cake.

Dd1 is 5, DH thinks it's totally unsafe for her to have a sparkler. I think she's v sensible. Aibu and reckless? Are they v dangerous? Obviously dd2 (the baby) won't have one!

[RhinestoneCowgirl]

We have firework party every year with some friends and our assorted children. Happy to let the DC have sparklers, there are lots of adults around to supervise and we have a little safety chat beforehand. We teach them to push the spent sparklers into the flower bed so no risk of picking up a hot one. Also holding out at arms length.

[MiddleAgeMiddleEngland]

Ours were using them at that age. They've always been very sensible, and we'd explained how to keep it away from everyone/everything and to put it in the bucket of water as soon as it went out.

DD1 stood absolutely rigid with her first one, mesmerised but not even waving it about a tiny bit. She's never been one to take risks.

[mrsfuzzy]

no way ! glow sticks would be better provided they are supervised. i don't think wearing gloves with sparklers is a good idea either, if in the [unlikely event] that a spark hits the glove that might cause more damage as the fabric could burn and i know from experience burning clothes cause a lot more damage as they burn onto the skin.