Comments on: Toxic Fireworks http://raisingthemgreen.com/2009/07/toxic-fireworks/ Information to Help you Raise Eco-Conscious Children Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Melissa http://raisingthemgreen.com/2009/07/toxic-fireworks/comment-page-1/#comment-3714 Melissa Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:22:35 +0000 http://raisingthemgreen.com/?p=868#comment-3714 Thanks for your insight Alison. Today, my daughter actually commented about the smoke bugging her asthma without me even mentioning anything. I think my son picked up on it but I didn't bother pursuing the conversation. We do have another year to think about it. I typically like him to come to his own conclusions but I was pretty tired and didn't want to go last night. LOL The stories about the birds saddened me. Those poor things were scared out of their homes and had no clue what was going on. :( Thanks for your insight Alison. Today, my daughter actually commented about the smoke bugging her asthma without me even mentioning anything. I think my son picked up on it but I didn’t bother pursuing the conversation. We do have another year to think about it. I typically like him to come to his own conclusions but I was pretty tired and didn’t want to go last night. LOL

The stories about the birds saddened me. Those poor things were scared out of their homes and had no clue what was going on. :(

]]> By: Alison Kerr http://raisingthemgreen.com/2009/07/toxic-fireworks/comment-page-1/#comment-3712 Alison Kerr Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:56:33 +0000 http://raisingthemgreen.com/?p=868#comment-3712 I too feel conflicted about this, now that you've pointed out to me the toxic effects of fireworks. At a minimum I think we need to take regard of the consequences for wildlife when we choose sites for setting off fireworks. One year I became really concerned at a fireworks display because it was right next to really tall trees where some kind of white storks were roosting. With the start of the display all the birds took off and they were flying around in the dark until the display ended. That wasn't acceptable to me. As regards your kids, I think if it were me I'd not say anything else about it for the moment. Sometimes belaboring the point can lead to entrenchment of attitudes. I guess if you want to bring it up again you might look at rating the effects of fireworks compared to some other things your kids would identify with. Then let them draw their own conclusions. Give information and try to keep the emotions out of it. What do you think? I too feel conflicted about this, now that you’ve pointed out to me the toxic effects of fireworks.

At a minimum I think we need to take regard of the consequences for wildlife when we choose sites for setting off fireworks.

One year I became really concerned at a fireworks display because it was right next to really tall trees where some kind of white storks were roosting. With the start of the display all the birds took off and they were flying around in the dark until the display ended. That wasn’t acceptable to me.

As regards your kids, I think if it were me I’d not say anything else about it for the moment. Sometimes belaboring the point can lead to entrenchment of attitudes. I guess if you want to bring it up again you might look at rating the effects of fireworks compared to some other things your kids would identify with. Then let them draw their own conclusions. Give information and try to keep the emotions out of it.

What do you think?

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