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Cathlete
Does it annoy anyone else that the majority of those trick or treating are older than 12? Maybe it's just in my neighborhood, but I think that this "holiday" is for the little ones and those who are in middle/high school just tend to put a bad feeling in me.

I LOVE the little ones, toddlers are the best, but the older ones....I don't know, I just don't think that it's appropriate or right. But that's just my opinion.
 
I just had two women, with one, admittedly cute toddler, present 4 treat bags! I guess the other three children couldn't make it.
 
I don't mind the older kids if they are polite and WEARING COSTUMES!!! Nothing is more annoying than a gang of 15 yr olds with no costumes coming to the door saying trick or treat and leaving without saying thank you or anything
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Laura
 
Well, I was alone (divorced, have children, but that particular Halloween, they were with their dad)one Halloween and at 9:45, a knock came at the door. It was some 16-yr old guy, no costume, no goodie-bag, saying, "trick or treat". Freaked the bejesus out of me.

I handed him some candy and he stuck them in his cargo pants.

Locked the door and turned out the lights after that!

Diane
 
The best costume this year was a baby, about a year old the parents had dressed like a baby chick....TO CUTE!
The other really good one was a toddler, about 2 was dressed as Dracula....a perfect mini copy of his dad!
 
I enjoyed adults dressed out in costume when they have their little ones with them. I didn't expect them to have their own bag for goodies also tho. Most of my block went dark (and has stayed dark) a couple years ago after we had a large number of adults/older teens come trick or treating without children and without costumes ... it's kinda sad as the whole block and most of the next is dark .. it sends such a strong message to not come down this street. Little ones have to trudge quite a ways for the small little rewards on the block. Hope you all enjoyed the little goblins! :+
 
We get the occasional teenager, most of them in costumes, but mainly we get the toddlers and kids. My DD13 is out with a friend in costume. They made them themselves - and they are cute. DD13 looks older, too, so you can't always tell. I do make sure to turn of the lights (DH strings Halloween lights all over!) by 9PM. The older ones come later.
 
I'm 44 years old. In my day, we trick or treated until we were 15. The entire neighborhood were active participants.

I do not mind the older children as long as they are wearing costumes and are polite- which they were this evening.
I had a blast scaring the older kids tonight and they were very good sports about it. They repeatedly told me how much they liked my house and all that I displayed.
I had to tone it down when the younger kids came to my door.

I feel sad. This generation of children have been forced to grow up way too fast. Too many children are left to fin for themselves these days.
 
I can remember when I turned 12, that I was too old to trick or treat. All year long I was sorry I made that choice. I thought, now I really can't next year.

Let them be young as long as they can.

Janie

The idea is to die young as late as possible.
 
I don't ever get trick or treaters since I live in the country. My sister lives in a city and she gets soooooo mad every year. This year she said she was going to put up a sign saying you must have a costume to get candy. I don't know if she did or not. I love her to death, but she can be cynical at times :).

I have 3 young children. Last year, my youngest was not even walking yet; she did not even have teeth. I had a little bucket for her, but I thought it was pointless. There were some people who would not put candy in her bucket!!! She was dressed up as a little spider and everything!!It made me wonder if the people thought I was trying to get more candy by using my baby to do so. I really did not want all the extra candy lying around anyway! Oh well....we did not even take her this year. She is sick so dh stayed home with her while I took the boys.

Sara
 
Sara,

With all due respect to your sister....Why does she open her doors??

I'm with Hillary Clinton. I believe it takes a village to raise our children.
 
I'm fine with older kids as long as they're in costume. The ones that annoy me are not in costume and have just a Walmart bag or something. Come on. Have some creativity! I also dislike when parents make the kids get candy for younger siblings. IMO, if the sibling is too young to walk themselves, they're too young for so much candy! The worst I saw last night, though, was a young adult couple, both with lit cigarettes in hand, with their infant twins (who at least were in costume), and they BOTH had trick or treat bags. The kids didn't even have teeth yet, it seemed like the parents were TOT'ing for themselves!! People are strange.

Carol
 
Laura,

That ticks me off, too. I swear, if they all weren't bigger than me, I'd say, "You know, if you don't have a costume on, it's not 'trick or treating,' it's just begging!"
 
It doesn't annoy me. I love giving out candy. Even if they're older than 12, they're still kids to me. Of course, if someone's grandma came to my door and said, "Trick or treat" I'd give grandma candy too. For me, it's all about having fun.

If kids don't have costumes, I wonder if maybe they couldn't afford to make or buy one. Sometimes kids come from bad homes. Maybe getting a costume wasn't an option for them. Like I said, it's all about having fun.
 
I always tell my sister (as does her dh) that some kids probably can't afford costumes or their parents just don't get them. Costumes are not that cheap...unless you can find them on sale. In all honesty, my sister does not like kids. I don't know why she opens her doors...probably because she likes Halloween..I don't know.

As far as the younger kids who can't walk, talk, chew, whatever, I think parents take them out because it is the thing to do. It is not about trying to get candy for your own self, (if I want the caleries of candy, I will buy it myself!!!)it is more about doing something with your children and starting a fun tradition!! That is the way I think of it!

Sara
 
I don't care about age. I give to anyone who comes to the door. Heck, I even pass out beer and wine coolers to the parents. We have the reputation in our neighborhood for being rather generous with the candy. Maybe that's why they leave our house alone on mischief night.
 
I live in a young neighborhood, I think that the oldest kid that I saw coming was maybe 12? The older ones tend to come out later, I think, and by then we're out of candy and our lights have been shut off. I would give them some anyway. Halloween is for everyone, I feel. I think that I was 13 when I stopped going trick or treating. My mom was the one that said I was getting too old, or I think that I would have gone a few more years. ;)

Kathy
 
>I don't care about age. I give to anyone who comes to the
>door. Heck, I even pass out beer and wine coolers to the
>parents. We have the reputation in our neighborhood for being
>rather generous with the candy. Maybe that's why they leave
>our house alone on mischief night.


DITTO here! That is so true about the mischief. If the kids are knocking on your door, they're not T-P'ing or egging your house!


Last night I had two adults knock on my door. I was a little taken back when I saw there were no children with them. I wondered...What the heck?? It turned out they lived a mile up the road and kept hearing about my display. They said they closed down early so they could come see for themselves. Oh man....I'm already thinking about how I'm going to top this year- NEXT year!...... And the prop building begins}( }(
 
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