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Anonymous wrote:Drive me crazy too, particularly since candy is more expensive this year. If parents don't want their kids to eat candy then don't have them go door to door to collect candy. If you want them to have the experience just cut them off after 3-4 houses or whatever number of pieces you are going to allow them to have.

My kids love to show off their costumes from one end of the neighborhood to the other. If you all want to hand out something other than candy, have at it. I’m handing out pretzels that easily go into lunches.

That's as bad as handing out toothbrushes.

Maybe we could just teach our kids to say “No thank you! Happy Halloween!” and leave if they don’t like what’s offered

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Anonymous wrote:My parents did this, and controlled "junk" food in general. Guess what I did any chance I got? Binged it all, and ended up obese for most of my life.

If you want your kids to grow up with a healthy relationship with food, dear god let them eat the crap and junk sometimes. Don't project your food issues onto your children.

Yup. I had multiple friends like this and they went nuts with junk and ballooned up in weight as soon as they got to college.

Oh stop already. No one, and I mean no one’s kids are deprived of junk food in todays world. It is handed out all the time at every event, party, holiday, occasion, someone else’s house, at school daily. The people that are binging on junk and ballooning up have impulsive eating issues and that isn’t bc their parents didn’t stock the house with enough chips, cookies, and candy bars. It’s just a blame game

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Anonymous wrote:We only do Switch Witch because of nut allergies. On Halloween, I let my kids keep and eat as much non-nut candy as they want (Skittles, Haribo gummie bears, Starburst, etc.). I know it’s not great for their teeth but I feel bad because they already have candy limitations. I would love if more people handed out allergy-friendly candy or non-food treats but they don’t so this is what we do.

I got you, friend. We have a pile of allergy friendly candy for this very reason.

What is allergy friendly candy? All OTC candy is manufactured in plants that have nuts, sugar, dairy products, peanut butter so how is it as allergy friendly?

Ummm sugar is not an allergy. https://enjoylifefoods.com/collections/chocolate/products/halloween-chocolate-minis-ricemilk-crunch?variant=42358010183818 Swedish Fish are allergy-friendly, depending on the allergy.

I prefer to give out non-candy treats for kids with allergies but most allergy parents know that the fun is in getting to do it with others and then get safe treats at home.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think “most” people do that but some people definitely do. I think it’s a control thing for some moms + a reflection of their own disordered eating habits.

Yep. This is it.
I literally know no one who takes away their kids candy or does that Switch Witch crap.

Really? The parents of the better behaved kids I know all seem to do it (although they let them keep a couple of pieces).

HAHAHAHA. Oh, please, Becky.

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Anonymous wrote:We only do Switch Witch because of nut allergies. On Halloween, I let my kids keep and eat as much non-nut candy as they want (Skittles, Haribo gummie bears, Starburst, etc.). I know it’s not great for their teeth but I feel bad because they already have candy limitations. I would love if more people handed out allergy-friendly candy or non-food treats but they don’t so this is what we do.

I got you, friend. We have a pile of allergy friendly candy for this very reason.

What is allergy friendly candy? All OTC candy is manufactured in plants that have nuts, sugar, dairy products, peanut butter so how is it as allergy friendly?

Anonymous wrote:My parents did this, and controlled "junk" food in general. Guess what I did any chance I got? Binged it all, and ended up obese for most of my life.

If you want your kids to grow up with a healthy relationship with food, dear god let them eat the crap and junk sometimes. Don't project your food issues onto your children.

Yup. I had multiple friends like this and they went nuts with junk and ballooned up in weight as soon as they got to college.

My kids get tons of candy and we do not take it from them—neither to eat it ourselves nor to donate it/trash it. They eat a lot probably 10 pieces or maybe more on Halloween night right after getting home from ToT then usually 2-3 pieces per day from November 1 until the candy is gone. If they still have any left by Christmas then at that point we throw the rest out but usually by then all that’s left is some lone lifesavers or jolly ranchers. They do love the houses that give out stuff like chips or pirates booty also. I don’t like the houses that give out all the junky “toys” like mini slime containers, bouncy balls, etc…that stuff gets thrown out and seems so wasteful. At least edible things will get consumed rather than going straight in the trash!

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Anonymous wrote:Drive me crazy too, particularly since candy is more expensive this year. If parents don't want their kids to eat candy then don't have them go door to door to collect candy. If you want them to have the experience just cut them off after 3-4 houses or whatever number of pieces you are going to allow them to have.

My kids love to show off their costumes from one end of the neighborhood to the other. If you all want to hand out something other than candy, have at it. I’m handing out pretzels that easily go into lunches.

That's as bad as handing out toothbrushes.

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Anonymous wrote:We only do Switch Witch because of nut allergies. On Halloween, I let my kids keep and eat as much non-nut candy as they want (Skittles, Haribo gummie bears, Starburst, etc.). I know it’s not great for their teeth but I feel bad because they already have candy limitations. I would love if more people handed out allergy-friendly candy or non-food treats but they don’t so this is what we do.

I got you, friend. We have a pile of allergy friendly candy for this very reason.

Weve got a teal pumpkin and some puffy stickers for those with allergies! My son could not tolerate dairy for the longest time so we switched the candy but it is so expensive.

Anonymous wrote:I’m so tired of buying bags of the “good stuff” for my very busy neighborhood just to hear that so many parents just have their kids trade it in for a toy or cash or whatever. If that’s really the norm, why don’t we all switch to stickers?? Or tokens to trade in? What a waste. And no sending it to “the troops” isn’t cost effective, the money would be better spent by the orgs buying it bulk direct and having it send from manufacturer

For the record, my kids keep the candy and pick over it for the entire year. Xmas candy, valentines candy etc all gets tossed in, and yeah they get candy if they choose that for a treat regularly

Ill be sifting through my preschoolers bag and selecting probably 1-2 weeks worth of candy. 1-2 pieces per day. The rest of his bag and any leftover from our candy will be donated to the swim coach. 2 weeks is more than enough. Some days he will get some, some days it will be in his lunch, some days he wont get any. An example would be this weekend when we have two birthday parties in a row. Cake and pizza 2x is more than enough.

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Anonymous wrote:We save a good chunk then donate the rest. There is so much of it. I can’t imagine it being normal for anyone to eat all of it.

So why not just let your kids got out fewer houses?

DP but why deprive them the fun experience? Especially since that candy isn't going into the trash. They love showing off their costumes.

Anonymous wrote:We don’t. My kids keep all their candy and get two or three pieces a day for as long as it lasts, usually a month or so. I don’t really know what other people do.

+1

And we adults eat some of it too

It's not going in the trash except a few specific things no one wants

Anonymous wrote:My parents did this, and controlled "junk" food in general. Guess what I did any chance I got? Binged it all, and ended up obese for most of my life.

If you want your kids to grow up with a healthy relationship with food, dear god let them eat the crap and junk sometimes. Don't project your food issues onto your children.

This happened to me also. I refuse to do it to my kids.

Anonymous wrote:We only do Switch Witch because of nut allergies. On Halloween, I let my kids keep and eat as much non-nut candy as they want (Skittles, Haribo gummie bears, Starburst, etc.). I know it’s not great for their teeth but I feel bad because they already have candy limitations. I would love if more people handed out allergy-friendly candy or non-food treats but they don’t so this is what we do.

I got you, friend. We have a pile of allergy friendly candy for this very reason.

No.