OT: what the parenting books don't teach you

It's 4:30 am. My 15 year old son just woke me up to show me the
fireball he made.

He found the instructions on the net. Apparently he was very careful
to make sure it was a 100% cotton T-shirt he cut up. Then he used
thread (who knew we had thread?) to tie it into a little ball. He
soaked it in rubbing alcohol and lit on fire in the bathroom
(apparently because he could use the water there to put it out IF it
got out of control) Then he could roll it around in his hand without
getting burned.

He made me try it. It works.

Am I supposed to be proud of his intiative or freaked out he could
have burned the house down?

And what's with waking me up at 4 am to show me?

This wasn't in any parenting books that I read.

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