Applespider,
I would humbly suggest that these things are bad and dangerous full stop. And that the convenience or practicalities of modern parenting don't really enter into it. Fireworks are effectively giving the public access to ridiculous quantities of high explosives, causing a completely unwarranted noise nuisance and significant physical threat. The word 'family' cannot be used as a trump card.


My biggest objection, though, is that they are rubbish entertainment.

BANG! A red one.
BANG! A blue one.
BANG fizzle! A yellow one that fell in lots of little bits.
BANG BANG! A green one and a white one together.

Great. I'd seen all there was to see in fireworks by the time I was 8, and that included a few whistling past my ear. I long for the day when they're banned.