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

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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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Anonymous wrote:I trick or treated all the way through 12th grade. The keys to trick or treating as a teen are:

1) No groups. You and a buddy. Maybe a third, max. No one wants to see a pack of teens.
2) Full costume. A mask won’t cut it.
3) Watch your timing! Don’t go too late!!
4) Be super polite
5) Be SUPER deferential to the little kids. It’s THEIR holiday. Let them go in front of you. Get out of their way. Be helpful if you can.

This is solid advice, ha! I love it.

Numbers 3-5 are good. 1 & 2 are stupid

If a group of tweens or teens is out, doing something SUPER wholesome together, why fight it? Would you rather them be at home, on their phones? Or in someone's basement doing god know what?

I don't understand the frustration with teens trick or treating? It's them reliving something really fun from their childhood and its a wholesome harmless activity. We should encourage them to do things like this

1 makes no sense.

Nice to see them out in groups. We saw some great group costumes. And just having fun.

I’m the PP who said it’s solid advice, and interpreted it as advice for teens who are looking to score more candy, not actual rules of who should get candy and who shouldn’t.

I’m the PP who wrong the list. Yes, exactly!! I’m not saying when I would be judgey or frustrated about teen trick or treaters (answer: never! Who cares! It’s candy!) but rather giving advice to older kids (or parents of older kids) who want to trick or treat but are concerned that some folks might find a 16 year old trick or treater off-putting. Following these guidelines, I never got so much as a side-eye.

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I'm pretty sure I trick or treated until at least my mid teens. And yes, I wore a costume.

As the candy giving adult now, I welcome all comers. I'll even toss a candy to an adult if they showed up in costume -never happened without a kid in tow, but I would!

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We went out with our baby in a costume, but we're on the Hill so we were just people watching. We didn't knock on any doors except of a couple of friends to say hi. Everyone loved seeing the cuty baby in the wagon. She loved all of the kids in costumes.

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Anonymous wrote:I do think there is such a thing as too young. I find it silly when couples walk around with their infants who are too young to walk, and too young for the candy. Just the infant, not with older siblings.

Give it a couple of years.

I did it with my 10 month old baby daughter. I cherish the fond memories. Do you think it’s silly to celebrate an infant’s birthday? Or celebrate Christmas with an infant? Or take an infant on a hike? Or take an infant to the zoo?

If you can't see the differences, I don't know how to help you. You're just not bright, and there really isn't a cure for that.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone too young to drink? Sure it might seem weird at first for older teens to go trick or treating. But what else should they be doing? And who doesn’t love candy?

Ummm… Giving out candy… Isn’t it obvious?

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Anonymous wrote:I do think there is such a thing as too young. I find it silly when couples walk around with their infants who are too young to walk, and too young for the candy. Just the infant, not with older siblings.

Give it a couple of years.

I did it with my 10 month old baby daughter. I cherish the fond memories. Do you think it’s silly to celebrate an infant’s birthday? Or celebrate Christmas with an infant? Or take an infant on a hike? Or take an infant to the zoo?

If you can't see the differences, I don't know how to help you. You're just not bright, and there really isn't a cure for that.

I can see going out to maybe one or two neighbors who you know well to trick or treat with a baby, but anything beyond your friends is weird. Very weird.

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Anonymous wrote:I do think there is such a thing as too young. I find it silly when couples walk around with their infants who are too young to walk, and too young for the candy. Just the infant, not with older siblings.

Give it a couple of years.

I did it with my 10 month old baby daughter. I cherish the fond memories. Do you think it’s silly to celebrate an infant’s birthday? Or celebrate Christmas with an infant? Or take an infant on a hike? Or take an infant to the zoo?

If you can't see the differences, I don't know how to help you. You're just not bright, and there really isn't a cure for that.

I can see going out to maybe one or two neighbors who you know well to trick or treat with a baby, but anything beyond your friends is weird. Very weird.

Not in my neighborhood. these events are how we get to know each other. We love to see new neighbors new babies.

If you don’t understand community I don’t know how to help you, You’re just not that bright and there really isn’t a cure for that.

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I also remember when my 9yo DS went as Percy Jackson. It was really just jeans, an organce camp-halfblood shirt, and a ballpoint pen. (and some make-up to look like he just came out of battle). So unless you knew that story, you would have NO idea who he was supposed to be

Most adults answering the door had no idea who he was. But the 13-17 year old set all saw him and gave him such positive awesome reactions.

I was very grateful for them making a big deal out of it for him. They were good kids

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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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Yes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, I hate adults who police a fun sized candy bar (and, more to the point, make nice teens having fun feel like crap).

If you show up to my door in a costume and are reasonably pleasant, here, have some Reese’s.

Thank you. I still remember being “shamed” by a few people when a girlfriend and I went out for “one last time” in 9th grade. It was like our last “childhood fling,” and we were bittersweet even as we went out. It really stung to have people be jerks about it. And, yes, we were dressed up and yes, we were respectful.

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I also don't think it's up to the adults to tell kids when they must be done doing childhood things.

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13 yo son has his Halloween weekend planned with his best friend. He'll be sleeping over at her house on the Saturday night playing Halloween themed party games and telling each other ghost stories. Then he'll be trick or treating with her on Halloween night.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh, I hate adults who police a fun sized candy bar (and, more to the point, make nice teens having fun feel like crap).

If you show up to my door in a costume and are reasonably pleasant, here, have some Reese’s.

Thank you. I still remember being “shamed” by a few people when a girlfriend and I went out for “one last time” in 9th grade. It was like our last “childhood fling,” and we were bittersweet even as we went out. It really stung to have people be jerks about it. And, yes, we were dressed up and yes, we were respectful.

That happened to me at the very first house one Halloween, and I was still in elementary school! I went home feeling terrible and that was the end of my trick or treating career. Adults who yell at minors for acting like kids should be ashamed of themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:13 yo son has his Halloween weekend planned with his best friend. He'll be sleeping over at her house on the Saturday night playing Halloween themed party games and telling each other ghost stories. Then he'll be trick or treating with her on Halloween night.

Your 13 yo is having a sleepover with his girl best friend for Halloween? He must be more innocent that my 13 yo if you allow this. This thread took a strange twist. Not sure what type of trick or treating you mean or if this post was a joke.