Teach your kids manners and while you're at it, have some yourselves!

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed. Virtually none of the kids said "Trick or Treat," and only a few said thank you.

I asked my kids to say TOT and Thank you while I stood at the end of the driveway. Mostly they were too shy to do it. Most of the adults helped them out by saying Happy Halloween! and What a cute costume!

Sorry.

If your kids are old enough to walk up to the door, they are old enough to say "ToT" and "thank you."

For heaven's sake.

A year or so of covid wasn't great for kids' socialization. Some of the younger kids are having a normal trick or treating experience for the first time in years. Even last year most people set up tables at the end of their driveway or just left a bowl out so that they were not exposed to kids and their germs

I'm sorry, but it's almost 2023, you really not stop blaming Covid for everything. We had a 30 second chat with our kids before they left the house that they needed to remember to say thank you to our neighbors who gave them candy. Kids are 5 and 7, and if they didn't say thank you, I reminded them. It's really not that hard.

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If your kid smiled at me, nodded shyly, twirled in their costume, or did a little happy dance at the sight of our offerings, that’s enough for me. I got lots of “formal” thank yous, lots of “Trick or Treats,” plenty of shy interactions, and overall it was a fun night. Some of the kids weren’t perfect but hey—I wasn’t perfect all the time growing up.

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I'm assuming all the rude, defensive, "go away OP" posts are from people who are aware that their kids have terrible manners and know that ultimately they are the ones responsible for this. So they're acting out. Like little kids.

Hm....

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OP, it sounds like you just don't like kids.

Which is fine, but don't ruin a happy holiday for them.

As someone said, keep the porch light off.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid smiled at me, nodded shyly, twirled in their costume, or did a little happy dance at the sight of our offerings, that’s enough for me. I got lots of “formal” thank yous, lots of “Trick or Treats,” plenty of shy interactions, and overall it was a fun night. Some of the kids weren’t perfect but hey—I wasn’t perfect all the time growing up.

And that's fine, but grab and run is not.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid smiled at me, nodded shyly, twirled in their costume, or did a little happy dance at the sight of our offerings, that’s enough for me. I got lots of “formal” thank yous, lots of “Trick or Treats,” plenty of shy interactions, and overall it was a fun night. Some of the kids weren’t perfect but hey—I wasn’t perfect all the time growing up.

And that's fine, but grab and run is not.

It's Halloween! That's exactly what little devils do!

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid smiled at me, nodded shyly, twirled in their costume, or did a little happy dance at the sight of our offerings, that’s enough for me. I got lots of “formal” thank yous, lots of “Trick or Treats,” plenty of shy interactions, and overall it was a fun night. Some of the kids weren’t perfect but hey—I wasn’t perfect all the time growing up.

And that's fine, but grab and run is not.

It sounds like you don’t like kids. Or accept they are imperfect and still figuring it all out. We really do work on manners in our home, but I think expecting anything other than sugar fueled chaos on Halloween is naive and coming off cranky.

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Anonymous wrote:We do not expect good manners from ex-POTUS Donald Trump, so we should not expect good manners from kids. Especially if their parents are deplorables.

Rudeness is ok. Worry about these punks becoming mass shooters.

You’re deranged. Seek help.

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I’m surprised at the amount of people who excuse poor manners as “ they are just little kids”. We were taught at early age to say, please, thank you, and ToT. My parents instilled in us it was rude to not say this. My nieces and nephews were saying all of this by 3/4 years old. If the child doesn’t, the parents can do it.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm assuming all the rude, defensive, "go away OP" posts are from people who are aware that their kids have terrible manners and know that ultimately they are the ones responsible for this. So they're acting out. Like little kids.

Hm....

😂😂😂

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Anonymous wrote:How old are the kids you're referring to, OP?

I'm very strict on etiquette expectations and I did make my child say thank you each time last night, but she doesn't get the "trick or treat" saying yet. She's 3. I seriously hope you are not judging preschoolers on this.

Hell yes, I am. If you are standing with your three year old, you need to tell her to say thank you. What is wrong with you?

The person you're responding to said they did make their kid say thank you each time last night just that her kid doesn't say trick or treat.

I thought she was referring to me judging three year olds, I misread.

Also, people, clearly I am not talking about your disabled children - I know some of the children that came by with their parents and I know they have no problem talking to adults, I am CLEARLY not talking about disabled children.

My nephew is disabled and has no problem saying "please and thank you."

Neat! Not all kids with visible or invisible disabilities are the same. You’d think you’d know that.

I know that lazy parents are to blame for rude, mannerless children

So I was correct about you then. Thanks for confirming.

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Anonymous wrote:We are talking about preschoolers and older kids. And FYI many toddlers are smarter, knows how to talk already and have so much better manners than some older kids.

It starts at home. Stop being LAZY and teach your kids good manners. It's your job, not the school. Parents are the first teachers in a child's life.
You chose to have children so start teaching them the basics.

Keep your stupid candy and your idiotic, judgmental attitude, you old grumps.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm assuming all the rude, defensive, "go away OP" posts are from people who are aware that their kids have terrible manners and know that ultimately they are the ones responsible for this. So they're acting out. Like little kids.

Hm....

You assume incorrectly.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm assuming all the rude, defensive, "go away OP" posts are from people who are aware that their kids have terrible manners and know that ultimately they are the ones responsible for this. So they're acting out. Like little kids.

Hm....

Yes. That tracks with your generally skewed perspective.

Assumptions! We all get it wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid smiled at me, nodded shyly, twirled in their costume, or did a little happy dance at the sight of our offerings, that’s enough for me. I got lots of “formal” thank yous, lots of “Trick or Treats,” plenty of shy interactions, and overall it was a fun night. Some of the kids weren’t perfect but hey—I wasn’t perfect all the time growing up.

And that's fine, but grab and run is not.

It sounds like you don’t like kids. Or accept they are imperfect and still figuring it all out. We really do work on manners in our home, but I think expecting anything other than sugar fueled chaos on Halloween is naive and coming off cranky.

We don't like your feral kids.