And I know of plenty of kids who played with matches and didn’t get burned.
Are you giving your 13 year old a box of matches to play with?
Was I the only responsible teenager here? I was using matches (safely) at 13.
Many parents let their kids start babysitting at 10 – you would trust a 10 year old to watch a fragile baby but not to light a match? Or how about turning on the stove? That is lighting a fire! It really depends on the kid and these blanket statements are just getting more and more ridiculous. I find myself wondering more and more how much you believe compared with what you say.