Tonight, I helped Gwen play with matches. Poor Gwen has a pathological fear of matches. She doesn't like the "fwoosh" of fire when they first light. She doesn't have the hand strength to get the "child-proof" candle lighters to work either. This is now a serious problem because she has to prepare, light and tend a campfire in order to earn her FireTender badge in scouts. So, we have been playing with matches. Over a sink of water, Gwen and I together have lit match after match to help familiarize her with the whole match lighting process. She has even transferred the flame to a nearby candle and calmly blown out the match. We are making real progress and I think she'll be ready to demonstrate her fire-tending skills at the next scout meeting.
Caitlin has absolutely no fear of matches or fire and I think I'd like her to get some, actually.
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