[HappyMomAnna]

My bio daughter was a fire starter! It was a difficult life with her. She started her issues when we went to a family wedding when she was only 3 and stayed in a big hotel. At 3 am the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate into the streets. I was holding her as we started to exit our room and at first was thinking it had to be a false alarm! Then as we were going down the stairs I smelled the smoke! and had a mild panic attack--on the streets we saw the fire and the action of the fire deparment putting it out--and never went back to sleep that night.

Following this our daughter became crazy about fire in every way! Just the same as your son seems to be--she was attracked to fire all the time. When she was 6 she pulled the fire alarm at the Rec Center where she had dance class and got glee from the evacuation process!

She used to be thrilled at school on drill days! And then progressed to setting fires at about age 8! We contacted the fire department and were given a referal to a fire therapst who worked with children. She had therapy for about a year! And also spent time at the fire department.

As a teenager we saw some flair ups (pun intended) At about 13 she 'tried' smoking because she liked lighting matches. She always wanted to be in charge of lighting the birthday candles and at Girl Scout camp outs had to have the job of 'fire starter' at least once on a camp out!

As an adult she is still into fire a lot--she digs incense and candles and thankfully does not smoke! I assume she is going to always have an interest in fire but, thankfully she never caused any damage with one she set. I am not sure if giving her the outlet in Girl Scouts and other areas was helpful.

She now loves the Drew Barrymore movie 'Fire Starter" yikes--and I guess she will always like fire a lot! All I can tell her is to be sure she keeps her renters insurance---and is very careful with her candles.