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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These stories of Halloween being co-opted by parents and turned into an adult socializing and drinking holiday are so depressing. When I was growing up in the late 90s and early 00s, we went trick or treating with our friends. [b]Our parents had absolutely no say in who was or was not invited [/b], and it was very much a “the more, the merrier” type of event. One family’s house might serve as the meeting point for a group of kids, and other parents might gather there to take some quick pictures before we set off on our own, but it was very much a kid-focused (rather than adult-focused) holiday.

My kids are too young to trick or treat with friends, but I fear I may live in one of these “Halloween block party” neighborhoods. Someone has put up very unofficial-looking signs stating that all of the (public) streets in our neighborhood are closed to non-residents on Halloween evening. (I seriously doubt that anyone obtained permission from the city to do that.) I also remember seeing multiple adults walking around with Jell-O shots on Halloween last year. I really hope we don’t encounter issues like others have described in this thread when my kids get a little older…[/quote]

This to me is the weirdest part. Your kids are like 9 o r 10 and want to go meet with their school friends and then the parents are like "sorry honey, we've made plans with the Millers and the Smiths so we're only hanging out with their families on Halloween." And the kids just accept this I guess? They're so used to exclusivity it seems normal to them?[/quote]

It's not that someone is really saying "only" but if there are competing plans you can only be in so many places at the same time or on one night. So yes people settle on a plan and a group. It's not intended to be exclusive or permanently set in stone but it's a practical reality.[/quote]

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