It's important to teach our kids about fire safety in a way that empowers them and doesn't immobilize them. To that end, I decided we'd have a mini fire-safety unit during our two week break. At the beginning of the week I warned the kids that we were going to have a fire drill sometime that week and not to be too worried when I started shouting that the house was on fire and we needed to get out. I planned to catch them at a time when they were both in their bedroom playing together. Then I'd go in, shut the door, and tell them there was a fire in the kitchen and we needed to get out, but we couldn't go through the hallway. We talked about how to touch the door to see if it was safe and how to block the bottom with rags to keep out the smoke. Then I showed them how to egress from their bedroom window. The kids loved that! We talked about what to do if there wasn't an adult to help (throw pillows and blankets on the ground and jump...