The huge El Dorado wildfire burning in California reportedly started at a gender reveal party. Gender reveal parties are growing in popularity in the United States. The purpose is for parents-to-be to announce to family and friends the sex of their unborn child. The “reveal” is often done through colors: pink for a girl, and blue for a boy. People attending such a party might eat a cake filled with blue or pink frosting. Or the mother-to-be and her partner might open a big box full of either blue or pink balloons. Today, Americans are coming up with increasingly complex ways to announce the sex of their unborn child. The party that caused the El Dorado wildfire, for example, involved a smoking pyrotechnic device. For some people, gender reveal parties are fast becoming an important tradition. But critics say that more than a few parties have gotten too extreme.
Title: In U.S., Gender Reveal Parties Grow in Popularity and Risk
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4545/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title=' In U.S., Gender Reveal Parties Grow in Popularity and Risk' data-article-id='5040'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10250'>The huge El Dorado wildfire burning in California reportedly started at a gender reveal party.</span> <span data-start-time='10250' data-end-time='16917'>Gender reveal parties are growing in popularity in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='16917' data-end-time='26563'>The purpose is for parents-to-be to announce to family and friends the sex of their unborn child.</span> <span data-start-time='26563' data-end-time='35125'>The “reveal” is often done through colors: pink for a girl, and blue for a boy.</span> <span data-start-time='35125' data-end-time='42458'>People attending such a party might eat a cake filled with blue or pink frosting.</span> <span data-start-time='42458' data-end-time='51792'>Or the mother-to-be and her partner might open a big box full of either blue or pink balloons.</span> <span data-start-time='51792' data-end-time='61667'>Today, Americans are coming up with increasingly complex ways to announce the sex of their unborn child.</span> <span data-start-time='61667' data-end-time='72292'>The party that caused the El Dorado wildfire, for example, involved a smoking pyrotechnic device.</span> <span data-start-time='72292' data-end-time='79958'>For some people, gender reveal parties are fast becoming an important tradition.</span> <span data-start-time='79958' data-end-time='86042'>But critics say that more than a few parties have gotten too extreme.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4545/A.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=15892 data-hint-location='16917' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4545/what_is_a_gender_reveal_party.wav'>What is a 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