I thought about that but that's a big fear, to stay in such a hot area.
I think they were too young to make any decisions. I guess we were lucky we had a fireman who lived a couple of door down and taught kids in the neighbor how to be safe. Even then we still had to keep an eye on them. Our older son was so mischievous and curious that we were both always chasing after him.
If his friends were over, the parents had an obligation to watch them.