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Parents everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief now that The Akron Beacon Journal has provided this helpful safety guide to handling sparklers:
"- Don't leave a child with a sparkler unattended. For very young children, a parent should hold the lighted sparkler and let the child place a hand over the parent's hand.
"- Don't walk or run with a sparkler. Hold still, and hold the sparkler out and away from clothing and skin.
"- Dip spent sparklers into a container of water.
"- Until you use your sparklers, keep them out of reach of young hands, and keep them out of the house altogether.
"- Make sure used sparklers get thrown out with the trash. Left on the ground, they can be hazardous projectiles if run over by a lawn mower."
