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Solo trick-or-treating on Halloween?
When I was a kid, growing up in a Midwestern suburb that felt very safe, I went trick-or-treating with the same friend every year. Sometimes we took along another pal or two as we meandered through our quiet, pumpkin-lit neighborhood, ringing doorbells, showing off our homemade costumes and filling our pillowcases with candy, but I don’t remember, past maybe the age of 7, taking along our parents.
Now, as the mother of a 7- and a 5-year-old, I cannot imagine allowing my children to trick-or-treat without an adult in tow. (I barely allow them to cross the street without holding my hand.) I suppose that day may come, but when? When is the right time to allow your kids to trick-or-treat without you or your spouse tagging along after them?
The Asheville (North Carolina) Citizen-Times recently posed this very question to its local police department. Cpl. Ben Parker, of the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, told the paper that, in general, he doesn’t think it’s a great idea for kids to trick-or-treat without a parent or trusted adult nearby, and that he generally recommends a ratio of at least one adult chaperone to every five kids for elementary and early middle school age kids.
The last year I went trick or treating, I was in middle school. My best friend and I had decided it was time to be distributing candy, not raking it in, and planned to spend the night manning her front porch. But after about twenty minutes, we found that asking little ghosts and witches what they were for Halloween was just not the same as roaming the crowded streets ourselves, all decked out and high on sugar. Continue reading »
Trick-or-treating starts in a little more than 24 hours — are you ready?
Whether you’re a new parent trick-or-treating with your little monster for the first time ever, or you’ve got a veteran kid looking to improve their technique, Reader’s Digest has some tips in their 13 Things Your Trick-or-Treaters Won’t Tell You.
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It’s no surprise a dentist is advertising a cash for candy deal for Halloween. It’s what Dr. Allison Schwartz plans to do with all that loot that’s a bit out of the ordinary.
Schwartz told the Phoenix New Times she’ll give kids a dollar for every pound of Halloween candy handed in at her office. Then she’ll repackage it all and send it off to the Middle East. Continue reading »
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