KIDS OF FIREFIGHTERS

Raising a Fire Kid Who Is Proud, Not Scared

Raising a Fire Kid Who Is Proud, Not Scared

Every fire kid lives between two feelings: pride in what their parent does, and fear of what it costs. The goal is not to erase the fear. It is to...

Raising a Fire Kid Who Is Proud, Not Scared

Every fire kid lives between two feelings: pride in what their parent does, and fear of what it costs. The goal is not to erase the fear. It is to...

My Dad Is a Firefighter: What Fire Kids Wish Their Teachers Knew

My Dad Is a Firefighter: What Fire Kids Wish Th...

A fire kid walks into a classroom carrying things nobody can see. Here is a letter fire parents can share with teachers, coaches, and anyone who spends a school day...

My Dad Is a Firefighter: What Fire Kids Wish Th...

A fire kid walks into a classroom carrying things nobody can see. Here is a letter fire parents can share with teachers, coaches, and anyone who spends a school day...

Fire Season for Fire Kids

Fire Season for Fire Kids: Getting Through the ...

Strike teams, forced overtime, and a calendar that stops being true. Fire season is its own season in a fire family, and kids feel every week of it. Here is...

Fire Season for Fire Kids: Getting Through the ...

Strike teams, forced overtime, and a calendar that stops being true. Fire season is its own season in a fire family, and kids feel every week of it. Here is...

The Sleep Rules: Living Quietly With a Firefighter Who Just Got Off a 48

The Sleep Rules: Living Quietly With a Firefigh...

Dad is home, and Dad is asleep at 10 a.m. on a Saturday. Here is how fire kids learn to share a house with a parent whose body runs on...

The Sleep Rules: Living Quietly With a Firefigh...

Dad is home, and Dad is asleep at 10 a.m. on a Saturday. Here is how fire kids learn to share a house with a parent whose body runs on...

Growing Up at the Station: Firehouse Manners for Kids

Growing Up at the Station: Firehouse Manners fo...

The station is a workplace, a home, and a second family. Here is what fire kids learn about visiting it, and the unwritten rules every one of them knows by...

Growing Up at the Station: Firehouse Manners fo...

The station is a workplace, a home, and a second family. Here is what fire kids learn about visiting it, and the unwritten rules every one of them knows by...

The Quiet After a Bad Call

The Quiet After a Bad Call: What Kids See and W...

Kids know when Dad came home carrying something. Here is how fire families talk about the hard calls without giving children more than they can hold.

The Quiet After a Bad Call: What Kids See and W...

Kids know when Dad came home carrying something. Here is how fire families talk about the hard calls without giving children more than they can hold.