So, what's the modern day "rule" on aging out of Halloween?

[Anonymous]

At the end of the day, its cheap candy that you bought specifically for the purpose of giving it away to people.

So...give it away to people!

I'd rather have some teens take my extra Snickers bars, then have them sitting around the house calling my name all day.

[Anonymous]

No aging out! I would LOVE to see some older kids show up at my door - they are so creative with their costumes!

[Anonymous]

One year an older lady about 70 came to our door and asked for candy. I gave it to her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One year an older lady about 70 came to our door and asked for candy. I gave it to her.

What did she dress up as?

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Anonymous wrote:Why begrudge a baby their first Halloween experience?

Do you have any grasp of what goes on in babies' heads?

I do. They take in the lights, the faces of all the people, the happy feelings of the parents, etc. This is just basic child development. I know this sounds like a little much and it's not like babies need to be taken out but I don't think it's a totally wasted experience on them.

I'm all for taking babies out and about, but giving them candy they can't eat? That's pointless.

Giving candy to parents? Why? I'm trying to imagine a scenario in which people can afford costumes but not candy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why begrudge a baby their first Halloween experience?

Do you have any grasp of what goes on in babies' heads?

I do. They take in the lights, the faces of all the people, the happy feelings of the parents, etc. This is just basic child development. I know this sounds like a little much and it's not like babies need to be taken out but I don't think it's a totally wasted experience on them.

I'm all for taking babies out and about, but giving them candy they can't eat? That's pointless.

Giving candy to parents? Why? I'm trying to imagine a scenario in which people can afford costumes but not candy.

Because its the fun and kind thing to do.

It's supposed to be a happy evening where you give out treats to people who are dressed up

Why do we always feel so obligated to put rules around fun? Lets just let people have fun

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Anonymous wrote:Our daughter went out for the last time with friends in 9th grade. They had a group costume and had a blast. Only a couple of people were jerks to them. “Aren’t you a little old for this?” 🙄. For years I had the same 3 teenage boys show up in all black with bandanas around their necks - barely a costume. They mumbled out trick or treat and they were always really late so I gave them all my remaining candy. Don’t give kids a hard time when they are trying to still be kids.

The teen up the street would wear a high school hoodie and wolf man mask. Great! Havesome candy!

I’m old, admittedly, but that sounds like Teen Wolf.

Ha! I don't think they put that much thought into it. His buddy would wear a HS sweatshirt and a cowboy hat.

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Anonymous wrote:I heard a thump at the door. I opened it, and there was a teenage boy crumpled on the step. His friend said, "Trick or treat! He's dead and I just killed him!" Then the "dead" kid jumped up and took a bow.

It made my night! Bring on ALL the trick-or-treaters!

The idea that they were doing this at every house they went to is amazing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no problem giving candy to an infant but one time a mom brought two bags, one for her and one for the baby. After I put the candy in the baby’s bag, she pulled out her own and it made for a very awkward interaction. Although she did look like a teen mom so there’s that.

Wow. You are kind of a d1ck.

[Anonymous]

I LOVE seeing the high schoolers!

I especially love when they show up in a group that's related -- we have one group of high school kids in our neighborhood that do that every year.

One year they were the Justice League (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Catgirl, Aquaman, etc) another year they did Marvel (Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Loki, Thor, etc) last year they did the cast of Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder edition), I'm dying to see what they do this year now that they're Seniors in high school.

I will give candy to anyone dressed up in a halfway decent costume.
I'm not the Halloween police, It's not my place to judge whether their costume is "good enough" or where they're "too old" to trick or treat.

Anyone that would deny a kid in high school (that's dressed up) candy, just because you feel that they're "too old" to celebrate, has lost the spirit of Halloween, and you should just shutt the lights off and don't give out candy at all -- who are you to judge???

Our kids are growing up, they're getting older much too quickly and they'll be off to college in the blink of an eye -- if neighborhood teens want to trick or treat, HOORAY!

If your own kid is on the fence, encourage them to continue trick or treating with their friends and get creative... they'll never get this time back again in their lives.
They don't need to force themselves to grow up faster than they need to.

Let's all remember the spirit of Halloween and not judge who can and can't trick or treat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why begrudge a baby their first Halloween experience?

Do you have any grasp of what goes on in babies' heads?

I do. They take in the lights, the faces of all the people, the happy feelings of the parents, etc. This is just basic child development. I know this sounds like a little much and it's not like babies need to be taken out but I don't think it's a totally wasted experience on them.

I'm all for taking babies out and about, but giving them candy they can't eat? That's pointless.

Giving candy to parents? Why? I'm trying to imagine a scenario in which people can afford costumes but not candy.

Because that’s what Halloween is - you give out candy. It is not a religious holiday.

[Anonymous]

Any person coming to my door in costume gets a treat, and they get bonus treats when it’s a really well done homemade costume.

There are worse ways for kids to spend the night than dressing up and trick or treating. I want to encourage them to do the safe stuff, no matter the age.

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Anonymous wrote:Why begrudge a baby their first Halloween experience?

Do you have any grasp of what goes on in babies' heads?

I do. They take in the lights, the faces of all the people, the happy feelings of the parents, etc. This is just basic child development. I know this sounds like a little much and it's not like babies need to be taken out but I don't think it's a totally wasted experience on them.

I'm all for taking babies out and about, but giving them candy they can't eat? That's pointless.

Giving candy to parents? Why? I'm trying to imagine a scenario in which people can afford costumes but not candy.

Because that’s what Halloween is - you give out candy. It is not a religious holiday.

I'll admit that I took my 10 month old trick or treating in our condo building. She had just starting walking and she loved seeing all the people. We lived downtown (not in DC) and there were not many kids in the building and a lot of retirees. She also liked collecting the candy in her bag and then playing in a pile of candy when we got home. To her it was a pile of small toys she could collect. We ended up donating most of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No age limit, that's stupid. Teens are still kids and if they want to act like kids, all the better imo. Trick or treating is fun let them have it.

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