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From: mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: fire and bedwetting?
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Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 08:54:16 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  7 08:54:16 1985
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> 
> ...That day he pretended to build several
> fires; seems that was all he could think about.  That night, he
> wets the bed.  No more problems after that until...
> 
> Six months later (last night) we have the first fire in our fireplace
> for this winter.  He is excited, helps me carry the wood, etc...
> At 5:00 AM he wakes up with a wet bed.
> 
> Has anyone ever heard of a relationship between fire and bedwetting?  My
> neighbor, a registered nurse, says studies indicate there is one.
> 
> Any comments?

When I was in Scouting, we built alot of campfires (naturally!) and whenever
someone would poke around with the fire, one of the adult leaders would
pipe up "If you play with fire, you wet the bed!"...I don't know of any Scouts
that wet their sleeping bags after playing with fire.

Mike Clifford