Do you drink alcohol while ToTing with your kids?
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Anonymous
| ? |
Anonymous
| No |
Anonymous
| No, that seems odd. |
Anonymous
| Used to when my kids needed parental supervision. It’s a thing in our neighborhood. Tons of adults walking around with open beverages. Several houses known for giving Jell-O shots or having a keg. |
Anonymous
| No. But many parents do in our neighborhood. My husband and I find it very odd. But, we don’t come from a culture where you would ever drink at a kid event. And I don’t mean we are not from the US. I just mean we were raised in the south by people that did not think a kid bday party, Halloween, etc was supposed to be a fun adult event. |
Anonymous
| My kids older but we live in a high density TOTing neighborhood and there were always a few houses happy to hand out beers to parents. It was just a relaxed and friendly vibe, nobody was getting wasted. |
Anonymous
| No. Usually have some wine after we get back, while I watch them dig through candy |
Anonymous
| Yes |
Anonymous
| We don't, but many parents do. I'd rather have my full faculties when walking the kids around in the dark (and yes, I do drink - just not in this case). |
Anonymous
| We do a spiked hot coffee or cider drink. |
Anonymous
| We have neighbors that will hand out bottles of beer to ToTing parents, but it’s just one drink. I’m the parent who stays at home to hand out candy, and yes I drink during that time. |
Anonymous
This is our hood too. If I remember I might grab a beer and drink it while walking around, or take one offered from a neighbor. But it's not really the focus of the night. |
Anonymous
+1. Halloween has gotten to be a social event over the years. It's also common in our neighborhood for the parents handing out candy to be sitting outside around a firepit with an adult beverage. |
Anonymous
| It's snowing in Chicago and we have gluhwein ready for tonight! |
Anonymous
| Yup. I don't get wasted. But I enjoy (usually) nice weather and a walk with friends and neighbors. It's a festival kind of feel and everyone is very social. I've seen lots of drinking but never any sloppiness about it. |