We've had the bp's since my children were 5 and 7 year olds. They handle the snakes a lot. They even play "jungle" with them (putting hides, branches, etc. on the coffee table and put the snakes there while they pretend they're in the jungle and they had to fight for territory.

My 5 year old got bit once. Jumping on the couch while the snake was on the couch - scared the bejeeezuz out of the snake.

No big deal - lesson learned. Their girl cousins came to visit, they join the jungle game but they were screaming like how girls are (I don't have girls, thank God!) so of course one got tagged. No big deal - lesson learned.

One time they got tagged for taking out a snake in shed.

I don't know why your snake tagged. But there are myriads of reasons they strike - most of them user error.

No big deal - that's just part of owning a snake.