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I've been around the block (pun intended, sorry) and I can guarantee you that ALL the younger elementary set and MOST of the older elementary set are accompanied by adults. Middle schoolers are on the own. And yes, even a few high schoolers go trick and treating.

I don't know who these posters are - do they only trick and treat inside apartment buildings, or closed enclaves? - but they do not represent the reality on suburban/urban streets.
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My child is in 4th grade and hasn't had a parent with them for 2 years, same with their friends.  I guess we feel our neighborhood is safe.  Don't any of your kids play outside, ride bikes or scooter without a parent around?   If not, that is a sad childhood.  And if so, what is the difference?  [/quote]

You let your kids play outside when it's pitch black?  'Cause I sure don't.

As a kid, I routinely played outside (including in a huge vacant lot near my house) and rode my bike in a several-block radius without my parents, and no, I was not allowed to trick-or-treat by myself in elementary school.  A parent went with me.  And a parent went with every single other kid trick-or-treating in my neighborhood.  [/quote]

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