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

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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.

I'm not the direct PP you are ridiculing but I did note that the staff dressed up and OFFERED treats -- like adults. I have a right to think it's ridiculous for a 23 year old to go trick or treating, thank you very much. (I guess you have a right to splash in the kiddie pool too and have a ball doing it but I'd think that was weird if I saw it, too.)

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Hilarious. I used to be a nurse, and oh the tales I could tell about things said to me by elderly (and less elderly) male patients. Ugh.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Hilarious. I used to be a nurse, and oh the tales I could tell about things said to me by elderly (and less elderly) male patients. Ugh.

Gross.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think 8th or 9th grade, if they haven't chosen to stop by themselves. The most creative and funniest costumes I saw last night were the middle school-aged kids. One boy with a Cheerios box pierced by a sword, a pistol on his hip and a whole bunch of cereal boxes strapped to his chest on a bandolier like ammunition. He was a "Serial/Cereal Killer". funny and very polite.

Two other girls showed up as "gangstas". Mind you, probably upper-middle class white girls in baggy pants, bandanas, backwards ballcaps. I made them make up a rap to do before they got their candy. Lots of laughs and giggles.

The little ones were precious but I think 10-12 can be a fun and creative age before they get "too cool" for trick or treating.

This sounds familiar. Were you on Rittenhouse? It was so much fun (i enjoyed more than the kiddies)!

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I think 6th grade is the upper limit/age 12.

After that if teens want to tick or treat, they need find some younger kids and "escort" them. If the teens wear a costume, they can also get some candy.

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The older kids down the street used to come to our house every year. They figured out that if they hit our house late, we'd dump the entire bowl into their bags. Can you blame them for coming back until they went to college? Since we knew who they were, I thought it was hilarious to see them dressed up.