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[quote=Anonymous]I don't make my kid get rid of their candy. It's a focus for a few days and then it's just a bowl they can pick a candy from after dinner, and eventually they forget about it in favor of other treats. DH and I will snack on it during the day.

People give away too much candy! I get it, I've been the person with a full bag or two of candy left and fewer trick or treaters than I expected, giving kids fistfuls of candy. But as a parent, my kid just gets way more candy that they can reasonably eat! So yes, of course some of it gets eaten by us, taken into work to share, offered to house guests, etc.

The goal of trick or treating is usually to dress up, meet neighbors, see other kids out and about, etc. The goal is not just candy, though that's obviously exciting/motivating for kids like mine who are somewhat limited in how many treats they get. But it's okay to just give each kid a piece or two.

I will say that if you don't want the candy to get thrown or given away, definitely don't by the bad candy. That's the stuff that gets tossed, especially when it's poorly packaged, which we run into every year.[/quote]

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