At what age will you ask your child to NOT go trick-or-treating because they are too old?

[Anonymous]

I was told by a neighbor that I was too old when I was 11. I had made my own costume that year and thought it was really creative. That hurt a lot, because we complain so much as a society that kids grow up too fast, and there I was engaging in a wholesome kids' activity instead of out egging cars and houses and stuff. So I don't think I'll tell my son he's too old as long as he's really in the spirit of things (and not just trying to scam candy from people or worse).

[Anonymous]

I went trick or treating at the embassies when I was 23. So what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went trick or treating at the embassies when I was 23. So what?

So... you weren't a child. There had to have been more appropriate activities available for young adults.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went trick or treating at the embassies when I was 23. So what?

So... you weren't a child. There had to have been more appropriate activities available for young adults.

Me again. Tons of young adults were trick or treating there, including many other staff at the law firm where I worked at the time. This was 15 years ago so I don't know if the embassies do this anymore. I haven't done it since I went to law school myself, but a couple of my friends kept it up.

Who's to say what's appropriate for a young adult? You?

Drinking until you puke at Madame's Organ was available. Better?

Life is too short to let other people decide what you can do to have fun at no one else's expense.

[Anonymous]

Maybe it doesn't matter?? See http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/76702.page

[Anonymous]

I think trick or treating can be fun at any age. Kids often times want to just have or attend Halloween Parties/Dances instead. I will encourage my children to have fun as long as they want to. I think it is so sad and pathetic that people complain about good, wholesome fun. Who cares how old they are as long as they are having fun and wearing costumes. I would much rather my child be doing that then drugs, sex, and God knows what else.

[Anonymous]

Some of you take yourselves way too serious.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

....and some of you live in Dale City.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think trick or treating can be fun at any age. Kids often times want to just have or attend Halloween Parties/Dances instead. I will encourage my children to have fun as long as they want to. I think it is so sad and pathetic that people complain about good, wholesome fun. Who cares how old they are as long as they are having fun and wearing costumes. I would much rather my child be doing that then drugs, sex, and God knows what else.

I would be concerned if my child didn't mature enough to move onto less childish activities as they became teenagers -- by 23 I would be downright scared.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think trick or treating can be fun at any age. Kids often times want to just have or attend Halloween Parties/Dances instead. I will encourage my children to have fun as long as they want to. I think it is so sad and pathetic that people complain about good, wholesome fun. Who cares how old they are as long as they are having fun and wearing costumes. I would much rather my child be doing that then drugs, sex, and God knows what else.

I would be concerned if my child didn't mature enough to move onto less childish activities as they became teenagers -- by 23 I would be downright scared.

I think it all depends on the neighborhood you live in. There were numerous teens/tweens trick or treating in my quiet enclave (no, not Dale City) and I think it's just fine. Please don't be so quick to judge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think trick or treating can be fun at any age. Kids often times want to just have or attend Halloween Parties/Dances instead. I will encourage my children to have fun as long as they want to. I think it is so sad and pathetic that people complain about good, wholesome fun. Who cares how old they are as long as they are having fun and wearing costumes. I would much rather my child be doing that then drugs, sex, and God knows what else.

I would be concerned if my child didn't mature enough to move onto less childish activities as they became teenagers -- by 23 I would be downright scared.

I think it all depends on the neighborhood you live in. There were numerous teens/tweens trick or treating in my quiet enclave (no, not Dale City) and I think it's just fine. Please don't be so quick to judge.

A 23-year old is beyond teen/ tween. Should registered voters and college graduates knock on your door feeling entitled to the free candy you've stocked to put a smile on cute little faces?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think trick or treating can be fun at any age. Kids often times want to just have or attend Halloween Parties/Dances instead. I will encourage my children to have fun as long as they want to. I think it is so sad and pathetic that people complain about good, wholesome fun. Who cares how old they are as long as they are having fun and wearing costumes. I would much rather my child be doing that then drugs, sex, and God knows what else.

I would be concerned if my child didn't mature enough to move onto less childish activities as they became teenagers -- by 23 I would be downright scared.

I think it all depends on the neighborhood you live in. There were numerous teens/tweens trick or treating in my quiet enclave (no, not Dale City) and I think it's just fine. Please don't be so quick to judge.

A 23-year old is beyond teen/ tween. Should registered voters and college graduates knock on your door feeling entitled to the free candy you've stocked to put a smile on cute little faces?

This is the 23 year old, now 37 and a parent. I very clearly wrote that I trick or treated at the embassies. Not at your home in Mayberry. The embassy staff often dress up and offer treats, and just about every recent college grad I knew who was toiling away in boring entry-level jobs around town put something on and had fun on Mass Ave. The law firm partner I worked for actually told me to go ahead and try it so I could have a break from my crazy schedule.

Seriously, by your 30s you should have some reading comprehension. The embassies. Not your cul de sac. With coworkers in a firm.

I'd say to grow up but I actually think that you take yourself far too seriously, as ombudsperson of what is okay for everyone else to do.

Other people get by without your wisdom.

[Anonymous]

I outgrew it myself by the time I was 10 or 11. Then went one more year when I was 17, in a slutty costume that I thought was super hot at the time. I got enough leering from the guys opening the doors that I felt really uncomfortable (one grandpa type: "Heh heh... trick-or-treaters old enough to kiss! That's a treat for ME!"), and that was definitely the end of it.

[Anonymous]

My 14 year old, 9th grader went out in his super cool costume with his friends to trick o' treat. The neighbors loved it and everyone had a great time. I'd much rather have him dress up and go out with friends than running all over the neighborhood getting into trouble. They went out for an hour then came in and watched a movie. They really are still kids.