What kind of message does this send our children?
2006-10-31 06:20:44 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
There are many good answers here, Ill let the majority decide the best answer.
Thanks to all for responding.
2006-11-01 08:11:42 · update #1
i'm old fashion. and yes i have kids of my own. take them to people u and they know and can trust. if they do go out to strangers' go with them or let them go with a group of friends and throughly inspect the candy.
2006-10-31 06:23:19 · answer #1 · answered by kattz1111 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most responsible parents examine Halloween candy to try and ascertain that none of it has been tampered with, and they often accompany children on their trick-or-treating journeys. In that sense, it's a very different situation.
Think of it this way: many parents already encourage children to talk to strangers that the parents know but the children don't. Parents also usually encourage children to talk to police if there's a problem, even though the police are strangers too!
I would argue, then, that the problem is not with the practice of Halloween, but with the message, "Don't talk to strangers." Perhaps instead parents should tell their children, "Don't talk to strangers that I haven't approved of." Fortunately for all of us, I think children are smart enough to pick up that last implied phrase in the instruction. That is, assuming they're even doing what they're told in the first place. ( :
2006-10-31 14:27:11 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously, it would send a horrible message. That's why many parents (mine included, back in the '70s) only allow their kids to trick-or-treat at the homes of people they know.
And of course, there could be pedophiles anywhere, but kids should also be instructed not to enter the homes of people they don't know (or do know, but feel uncomfortable about).
As long as trick-or-treating is well supervised, it's not begging from strangers.
2006-10-31 14:24:51 · answer #3 · answered by Ethel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Trashing halloween are we? Whens the last time a kid was harmed by going to a house on halloween? Halloween is a wonderful holiday. It gives neighbors a chance to meet, it's fun for the kids and the people that pass out candy, you don't have to take part if you don't want.
Of course you always have a kid that says he found a razor blade in an apple, but somehow he always forgets what house he got it from.
The message it sends to kids is that people are good, life is good, our neighborhood is good.
2006-10-31 14:26:37 · answer #4 · answered by kimmyisahotbabe 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I grew up in sydney, and all I knew about halloween was that the simpsons had halloween specials! I moved to a smaller town and had about 30 people knock on our door last night. This is in australia! I dont think I would let my kids go running around to strangers houses there are too many nasty people
2006-10-31 14:26:10 · answer #5 · answered by jacks my boy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was a kid Trick or Treating was a 4 Hour affair...we went to 95% of the houses we drove past and covered an entire county in my province. We drove clear through 5 different towns and stopped at 95% of the houses. The other 5% were people who had their lights off and we soaped their windows!
I don't see how I will do it any differently with my own children as I now live in a different town that is 45 minutes away from my parents. We'll stop at every house we go to...go down one side of the river and up the other side!
P.S.> To Mama who wrote:
" I always had a problem with this one as well. We took our kids to houses of family only AND let them take turns handing the candy out at home AND made the evening special for them from supper to bedtime. They always thought it was very sad that the other kids went out when they got to stay home and get all the attention and special treats."
I say Bull Fu*cking Sh*it...No child is going to feel sad for other children who get to go trick or treating. You children are losers for not being allowed to go. They get made fun of in school because while every one of their buddies gets a pillow case full of candy and chips and pop your kids get a roast beef dinner...no comparison...the school kids that go trick or treating get the better deal!
Get a grip lady! It's halloween! It's one day a year! Suck It up and take your kids trick or treating!
Give your children special attention every day and cook them a meal at christmas!!!
2006-10-31 14:27:00 · answer #6 · answered by kyles_aunt_jenny_age_24 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I never liked Halloween, so what I do instead is stay at home and have a party and movie night with my kids. I read magazines all month to get fun ideas, then we try to make them. We also rent the new releases, and watch them. That way my kids don't feel like they are missing out.
2006-10-31 14:40:02 · answer #7 · answered by purpledragonflyjrh 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most sane people don't send their kids door to door to people they don';t know. Most have their kids go in their neighborhood to people they know.
The candy from strangers is a reference to being kidnapped more than anything. Hopefully you are with your kids during trick or treating and they won't get taken that way
2006-10-31 14:22:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I always had a problem with this one as well. We took our kids to houses of family only AND let them take turns handing the candy out at home AND made the evening special for them from supper to bedtime. They always thought it was very sad that the other kids went out when they got to stay home and get all the attention and special treats.
2006-10-31 14:24:23 · answer #9 · answered by mama 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you are a good parent you will inspect the candy before giving it to them. Also you will accompany your children along the trick or treat route. It is a holiday people!!! It has been celebrated for years. No one says you have to celebrate it.
2006-10-31 14:30:34 · answer #10 · answered by o2bamy25 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋