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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD learned in Girl Scouts at age 7 (but technically that wasn't permitted so our leader went rogue).

I live in an area where campfires on the beach or in park fire rings are a popular social activity for high school kids. And they're not the magical thing you're imagining, OP. We won't allow DD to go to campfires because drinking is a big part of them and now with phones, they inevitably draw hundreds of kids. Last summer things escalated and the ones that are usually low-key neighborhood ones became staging grounds for gang beefs and other stuff. There was gunfire at two of them.

Starting a fire is a great life skill and I'm glad DD can do it. We do let her have friends over to the fire pit if there isn't a burn ban.

But big social campfires? Not for us.[/quote]
Yep. Grew up with beach fire rings. All about teens hanging out and drinking, gross behavior. Nothing really great about them. It was fun to toast marshmallows at girl scout camp when I was 10, but a few times is enough. [/quote]

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