Halloween rants! Candy for infants? Teens w/o costumes?

[Anonymous]

Last year my 9 year old refused to wear a full costume. He wanted to be a "fighter" wearing his regular clothes, carrying a sword, and grudgingly allowed me to paint some blood on his face. Kids/teens get weird and self conscious sometimes but they still want to do kid stuff.

This year he'll be fully costumed, carrying an even larger weapon he made with cardboard and duct tape. But my younger one only seems willing to wear the jacket part of his requested costume, not the pants, helmet, or armor, so it's not the most obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Calm down. This is a fun vent thread and I’m pretty sure the person who chimed in about shuttling kids was just adding drama from past threads. We know some are going to start indignant threads about that after Halloween! I have been on DCUM too long.

And on that note, my snobby 2 cents from the 1%. Any adult eating Halloween candy is to be pitied; not reviled. It’s truly pathetic and disgusting stuff. 😂

I personally don’t find chocolate bars disgusting, but to each her own.

It's not chocolate; it's "chocolate" - that's what PP means. And yes, it's disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Once upon a time it was all about princes and princesses. The simple days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I
love
Halloween

but I'm always stunned when parents take candy for their INFANT whom they bring around for Halloween -- when our kids were very little we just took them to the door and said HI but "No, thank you" to candy. Because come on the kid isn't going to (SHOULD NOT BE!) eating it and how tacky is it for parents to get free candy for themselves?

I've heard on the boards here that some parents take candy anyway even when they're with kids old enough to get it. What's that about?

And what's with the teenager who show up in regular clothes??

Sorry, I sound like Seinfeld and Louis Black rolled into one. I really love Halloween but I shake my head at this stuff. Please comment on these if you wish or leave your own Halloween "WTF"s!

This is a weird gripe. I assume the parents eat it themselves or it goes into their own candy giveaway bowl. My kid loved collecting candy when she was too little to eat it— I assume because it was shiny and colorful and she got to be like the bigger kids. She ended up playing with it and then we ate it or gave it away. Who cares what the family ends up doing with it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So for those of you chastising the OP, how would you feel about a parent (with small children in costume) carrying a bag of her own requesting candy for “the baby at home?”

We get this scenario every year.

I’m not the Halloween gatekeeper. If a mom wants a Kit Kat for someone at home or just for herself, why would I deny that?! It’s such a little thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last year my 9 year old refused to wear a full costume. He wanted to be a "fighter" wearing his regular clothes, carrying a sword, and grudgingly allowed me to paint some blood on his face. Kids/teens get weird and self conscious sometimes but they still want to do kid stuff.

This year he'll be fully costumed, carrying an even larger weapon he made with cardboard and duct tape. But my younger one only seems willing to wear the jacket part of his requested costume, not the pants, helmet, or armor, so it's not the most obvious.

Almost none of my middle schooler’s classmates’ costumes would be recognizable to most people as costumes. I have a feeling these teens in “no costume” are just too niche.

[Anonymous]

I love Halloween and will happily greet literally anyone who shows up at my door. Costumes are nice, but some kids aren't that organized or decide last minute they still are CHILDREN and want to go. Parents with infants are such excited to go around and can't wait. It's such a fun night.

[Anonymous]

Older kids are too cool for costumes, but not too cool for candy. LOL

I am a sucker for babies and animals in costume. Love it!!

[Anonymous]

I’m someone who’s been judgmental in the past about teenagers without costumes, or adults asking for candy “for” their infant…not this year. We’re giving candy to anyone who comes to the door.

[Anonymous]

My Halloween vent is the parents social engineering who their kids are allowed to trick or treat with. Bring back Halloween of the 1980s and 1990s when kids went out trick or treating with the friends and parents handed out candy. So much drama created by parents who have turned Halloween into an adult focused drinking activity rather than just letting the kids have fun.

[Anonymous]

Peeve:

When a 2 parent household, the whole family goes out instead of taking turns answering door.

I mean I’d like to be with my kid too, but leaving an empty bowl is not cool.

[Anonymous]

You all are hags. Love Halloween and love everyone who says trick or treat, yes even teenagers who just want candy and parents who want candy. It’s candy, it’ll be okay, let people enjoy their Halloween.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Peeve:

When a 2 parent household, the whole family goes out instead of taking turns answering door.

I mean I’d like to be with my kid too, but leaving an empty bowl is not cool.

This is us. I have a 1st grader and a 3 yr old .they don't move at the same speed and the K runs with his friends. 3 yr old is only going to ToT so long and then get tired and need to go home. We need 1:1 coverage on them!