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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In our very Halloweenesque neighborhood, parents supervise because kids go out at night, cars are driving home from work, and the streets are narrow. Kids run across the streets all the time to flit from decorated house to decorated house without a thought for vehicles - even though usually they look both ways, on that night they're all high as kites on candy and excitement. I see it every year, and every year a motorist has a near miss with a kid jumping into the street.

Although if the shutdown lasts 'til then, maybe it won't be as dangerous :-)

So know your neighborhood.[/quote]

Yes cars are my biggest concern.  Kids get excited, especially in groups, and there is ALWAYS one kid who is running from house to house and not waiting for the rest of the kids.  So then you get them crossing streets, and while cars might stop for the first 1-2 kids, they might not realize kids 3-4 are behind and darting out.

So if I'm sending my kid with a friend, I'd have it be 1 friend, not a pack.  If there is a pack, I'm supervising until middle school.  My oldest is in 6th grade this year and is going with a friend and I feel comfortable letting them go alone.  My 9 year old I will still walk around with.[/quote]

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