What are your thoughts on Halloween? Do you think it is safe for kids to spend a night going door to door? Do you plan on trick-or-treating this year? How does Halloween change as we get older?
Halloween is up pretty high on my lists of favorite holidays, the first being Thanksgiving for the delicious food of course. Every October I look forward to Halloween, yes for carving pumpkins but to me the best part is hands down the costumes and the candy. This year I am indeed going trick or treating , which reminds me I need to grab a heavy duty pillow case out from our linen closet. I haven’t been trick or treating in a couple of years so I’m pretty excited for tomorrow night, I’m hoping to fill my pillow case with mostly chocolate and gummy bears, fingers crossed. While trick or treating is fun for kids of all ages, I guess the question boils down to is it safe? What could be so bad about receiving candy from a neighbor? Well odds are that children don’t only go to neighbors that they know, they go to complete strangers houses, this concept sounds creepy to be honest. I think that children should have an adult with them trick or treating until middle school for safety reasons. What age do you guys think it’s okay for kids to go trick or treating without adult supervision? I find it safe for middle school and high schools kids to go trick or treating without a parent because, if something bad does happen there’s usually a adult going trick or treating with a younger child so if a kid needs help they can ask a nearby adult. Also 80 percent of kids have cell phones now days so if they don’t feel safe they can easily call or text someone for help. What are some of your favorite memories of Halloween from your childhood? I’ll quickly share one of mine. One year during elementary school I went trick or treating with some friends and my mom and some of the other girls moms came along for supervision, and I remember that I brought a grocery bag for my candy and somehow the bag got a hole in it and all of my candy exploded on the ground, it was awful. Happy Halloween!!!!!
I think that trick or treating is a tradition that all young children should experience at least once in their childhood. Depending on the location of where you are trick or treating and the serverity of the weather, trick or treating could be dangerous, but other wise, woth the right supervision and clothing it is a fun experience. I did not go trick or treating this year, because it was actually the first year that I felt that I was too old. Although I am a big kid at heart, the spirit of trick or treating wasn't there. I will always dress up and eat tones of candy on halloween, but I think my trick or treating phase has passed.
Halloween is up pretty high on my lists of favorite holidays, the first being Thanksgiving for the delicious food of course. Every October I look forward to Halloween, yes for carving pumpkins but to me the best part is hands down the costumes and the candy. This year I am indeed going trick or treating , which reminds me I need to grab a heavy duty pillow case out from our linen closet. I haven’t been trick or treating in a couple of years so I’m pretty excited for tomorrow night, I’m hoping to fill my pillow case with mostly chocolate and gummy bears, fingers crossed. While trick or treating is fun for kids of all ages, I guess the question boils down to is it safe? What could be so bad about receiving candy from a neighbor? Well odds are that children don’t only go to neighbors that they know, they go to complete strangers houses, this concept sounds creepy to be honest. I think that children should have an adult with them trick or treating until middle school for safety reasons. What age do you guys think it’s okay for kids to go trick or treating without adult supervision? I find it safe for middle school and high schools kids to go trick or treating without a parent because, if something bad does happen there’s usually a adult going trick or treating with a younger child so if a kid needs help they can ask a nearby adult. Also 80 percent of kids have cell phones now days so if they don’t feel safe they can easily call or text someone for help. What are some of your favorite memories of Halloween from your childhood? I’ll quickly share one of mine. One year during elementary school I went trick or treating with some friends and my mom and some of the other girls moms came along for supervision, and I remember that I brought a grocery bag for my candy and somehow the bag got a hole in it and all of my candy exploded on the ground, it was awful. Happy Halloween!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think that trick or treating is a tradition that all young children should experience at least once in their childhood. Depending on the location of where you are trick or treating and the serverity of the weather, trick or treating could be dangerous, but other wise, woth the right supervision and clothing it is a fun experience.
ReplyDeleteI did not go trick or treating this year, because it was actually the first year that I felt that I was too old. Although I am a big kid at heart, the spirit of trick or treating wasn't there. I will always dress up and eat tones of candy on halloween, but I think my trick or treating phase has passed.