Do most people really make their kids get rid of most of their Halloween candy

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Anonymous wrote:omg I don’t care

Yet here you are . . .

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Anonymous wrote:One thing I never do is eat my kids candy. My mom used to eat all my Halloween candy every year— literally gorge herself after I went to bed on Halloween night, and I would wake up to see nothing but bad candy left. It was so traumatizing.

Lol. We must be the same generation. My mom also would nibble away at my Easter bunny every year and it really upset me. When I was maybe 5 I took my bunny to bed with me, determined to protect what was mine. I still remember the confusion and horror of waking up to find my leg smothered in melted chocolate bunny. However my mom was much more considerate thenceforth after having to do that laundry! (I love my mom, she is awesome and fully accepted her role in the making of that disaster. )

To the point of this thread, I generally let DD eat what she wants. We can do that because she's a good self -regulator. Definitely don't switch out/toss candy as a general rule (though at some point the dregs get thrown away)!

LOL! That story is awesome.

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Anonymous wrote:Drive me crazy too, particularly since candy is more expensive this year. If parents don't want their kids to eat candy then don't have them go door to door to collect candy. If you want them to have the experience just cut them off after 3-4 houses or whatever number of pieces you are going to allow them to have.

My kids love to show off their costumes from one end of the neighborhood to the other. If you all want to hand out something other than candy, have at it. I’m handing out pretzels that easily go into lunches.

That's as bad as handing out toothbrushes.

Maybe we could just teach our kids to say “No thank you! Happy Halloween!” and leave if they don’t like what’s offered

My kids really like getting pretzels? I considered handing out cheese poofs (I did this last year and the trick or treateds we're excited) but I couldn't find the tiny bags at the store.

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Ok but what do people do for kids that are really little? I have 2 year old twins and they got a TON of candy last night, we weren’t out for long but people were just giving out fistfuls or prompting them to take 2 or 3. They WILL notice if it just mysteriously disappears…

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Anonymous wrote:Ok but what do people do for kids that are really little? I have 2 year old twins and they got a TON of candy last night, we weren’t out for long but people were just giving out fistfuls or prompting them to take 2 or 3. They WILL notice if it just mysteriously disappears…

When my oldest was 2, my husband made a joke about stealing his candy after he went to bed so my son decided to hide his candy in the coat closet. The next morning he forgot it existed. We left it there for a week in case he remembered, but he didn't.

I think it really could disappear in a few days and you'll be fine. Something else will come along to get their attention.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a huge Dad tax in our house.

Mine are grown now, but my husband used to insist that all peanut butter cups, Mary Janes and almond joys were rightfully Dad’s payment for escorting them to trick or treat.

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I let the kids eat as much as they want Halloween night. Then, we sit together and decide on the candy rules for the next month. They usually say they can have 3 pieces a day. It all goes out the door Dec 1. I do not want to talk about candy every day, so letting them set the rules gives them boundaries that they feel are fair, and lets me feel some sense of control that they aren't sneaking it or eating 100 pieces a day.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m so tired of buying bags of the “good stuff” for my very busy neighborhood just to hear that so many parents just have their kids trade it in for a toy or cash or whatever. If that’s really the norm, why don’t we all switch to stickers?? Or tokens to trade in? What a waste. And no sending it to “the troops” isn’t cost effective, the money would be better spent by the orgs buying it bulk direct and having it send from manufacturer

For the record, my kids keep the candy and pick over it for the entire year. Xmas candy, valentines candy etc all gets tossed in, and yeah they get candy if they choose that for a treat regularly

people in my neighborhood said they're sending extra candy to Ukraine and I thought to myself "is that what Ukrainians need right now?"

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It's a free for all here - mayhem. But we have a dental appt Monday and I will make the kids trade in a chunk of what's left for a froyo gift card that the dentist hands out in exchange for candy.

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We keep all the candy, although we eat it as a family, usually a piece or two a day as dessert.

When I was growing up, my mom let us eat as much as we wanted on Halloween itself. One time my brother totally gorged himself, to the point of making himself sick to his stomach. He never did that again. My mom viewed it as a one-off that taught him why you don't overeat junk food with natural consequences that were far more effective than any lecture she could have given.

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Anonymous wrote:Drive me crazy too, particularly since candy is more expensive this year. If parents don't want their kids to eat candy then don't have them go door to door to collect candy. If you want them to have the experience just cut them off after 3-4 houses or whatever number of pieces you are going to allow them to have.

My kids love to show off their costumes from one end of the neighborhood to the other. If you all want to hand out something other than candy, have at it. I’m handing out pretzels that easily go into lunches.

That's as bad as handing out toothbrushes.

Maybe we could just teach our kids to say “No thank you! Happy Halloween!” and leave if they don’t like what’s offered

My kids really like getting pretzels? I considered handing out cheese poofs (I did this last year and the trick or treateds we're excited) but I couldn't find the tiny bags at the store.

Pretzels, no, but my kid likes Pirate Booty, Cheez-Its, and the like. We put them in lunches.

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t. My kids keep all their candy and get two or three pieces a day for as long as it lasts, usually a month or so. I don’t really know what other people do.

+1

And we adults eat some of it too

It's not going in the trash except a few specific things no one wants

+2. Same here.

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Yes fool

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Anonymous wrote:We keep all the candy, although we eat it as a family, usually a piece or two a day as dessert.

When I was growing up, my mom let us eat as much as we wanted on Halloween itself. One time my brother totally gorged himself, to the point of making himself sick to his stomach. He never did that again. My mom viewed it as a one-off that taught him why you don't overeat junk food with natural consequences that were far more effective than any lecture she could have given.

Some kids learn from experience like that. And others don't.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m so tired of buying bags of the “good stuff” for my very busy neighborhood just to hear that so many parents just have their kids trade it in for a toy or cash or whatever. If that’s really the norm, why don’t we all switch to stickers?? Or tokens to trade in? What a waste. And no sending it to “the troops” isn’t cost effective, the money would be better spent by the orgs buying it bulk direct and having it send from manufacturer

For the record, my kids keep the candy and pick over it for the entire year. Xmas candy, valentines candy etc all gets tossed in, and yeah they get candy if they choose that for a treat regularly

people in my neighborhood said they're sending extra candy to Ukraine and I thought to myself "is that what Ukrainians need right now?"

I’ve seen that too. What a waste of money.