You know the people. They matter-of-factly inform you that your concern about carseat safety is ridiculous. Never mind that motor vehicle crashes are still among the top few causes of fatal injury to children. After all, they rode without any carseat or seatbelt when they were a kid, and they’re still around to lecture you 40 years later! Never mind that nearly twice as many kids died each year in motor vehicle crashes in the 1970s than today, even though there were so many fewer vehicles and miles driven back then. The truth is that they are lucky never to have been in a crash while unrestrained or improperly restrained!
I can say the same about fireworks. I’m lucky to have all my fingers and eyes intact. From bottle rocket wars to making our own homemade fireworks from others we disassembled. I’d say we were also very lucky none of our houses or nearby parks burned! So, if you let your children use fireworks at all, please just make sure they are properly supervised at all times. Don’t let your kids do what I did…
https://youtu.be/hASO4gNvncM
Safe Kids has some fireworks safety tips as well. And some statistics from the National Fire Protection Association:
