Last night there were so many moms bringing around babies dressed up for trick or treating. These kids were cute as hell....but they could barely walk...and some were in strollers. They couldn't even get the candy out of the bowl I was holding...the mom had to pick it for them....they were just standing there drooling on themselves. What is up with that? These babies don't give a crap about Halloween! They won't even remember! I can see maybe dressing your kid up and taking cute pictures...but why take them trick or treating? And what is up with these big *** teenagers ringing my doorbell? They would take the biggest handful they could and run off, usually without saying thank you! I thought trick or treating is for kids....not babies...not teens....but then again, I am not a mom...so maybe you could shine some light on this for me. Thanks!
2006-10-31 19:56:24 · 11 answers · asked by Courtney 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
I'm 13 and I went Trick Or Treating last night. I know a 28 year old who went (just him and his friends, not because he is a parent). Trick Or Treating is for anyone who wants to, you don't have to be a certain age. If you're 6 months old, your parents can take you if they want to. If you're 60 years old it's not against the law to say "Trick Or Treat" and get candy. It's about having fun.
2006-11-01 13:20:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
Next year I will have a new baby and I would like to take my child trick or treating simply because it will be his or her (we find out today!) first Halloween. I think taking your baby to a couple of houses is okay. We had some babies come my house and I was glad to see them all dressed up. As for the candy my baby will get next year... I am sure my stepson won't mind eating it. Guess you'll just have to become a mom to understand. Don't get me wrong I used to feel the way you do, but now with my own little one on the way I feel a lot differently.
2006-11-01 02:09:16 · answer #2 · answered by Pren 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think trick or treating is for anyone young at heart. Maybe next year you need to take the candy out of the bowl yourself so you can control the consumption. I think trick or treating is a fun thing people do. If I had a baby we would probably go to the inlaw and pass out candy. for the teenagers they are just being kids and they should be able to be kids as long as they can.
2006-10-31 20:12:38 · answer #3 · answered by jess 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think winter themed is a great idea! I used to live in a place with no snow, and know what it's like to want snow. Not sure what your budget is, but some ideas for the party: - rent a snow cone machine and have people make snowmen out of the ice. Then "decorate" the snowmen with candies and colorful syrup. Then eat. - Have people wear scarves and gloves... though it could get too warm - Serve hot cocoa with marshmallows, and hot apple cider and tea - If you have a nearby hill, go "sledding" down the hill with a sled if possible, or sled down on plastic bags or something - make paper snowflakes out of white paper, and maybe decorate them with glitter - have snow-themed decorations on the walls just some ideas. I'm sure you can find more online. edit: also, have winter-themed music (christmas songs, perhaps). Turn on the air conditioner high so people want to wear warm clothes.
2016-05-23 01:01:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right, babies under a year shouldn't be eating candy, so who eats it and they are too young to understand what's going on, as for the teenagers biggest kids of all, next year check who is there before you open your door, if you see big kids remove most of the candy and offer them a small amount.
2006-10-31 20:01:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a complete farce. You should have not given these babies anything, but i`m not blaming you. Here in the UK we never had this lame American based anti social behaviour, that is until the film ET came along and then all of a sudden it took off. Yesterday before the evening came a survey was done and 94% of folk wanted to ban it completely ! So i hope it wont be long before this kind of "begging" is made unlawful
2006-10-31 20:05:20 · answer #6 · answered by royster 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
My friend took her 14 week old baby out trick-or-treating. It was rather cold too. At least she only took the baby to family and close friends, but still...
2006-11-01 00:54:39 · answer #7 · answered by GingerGirl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah that was happening at Malloween that our store participated in. I found it kind of sick to see this. We gave one piece of candy to a teenage mother and she asked "Is that it"? "Yeah look at the crowd behind you, girl. Yeah that's it". I wanted to yell "get a job and buy yourself some. Stop using your kid who can not eat candy as scapegoat".
2006-10-31 23:27:46 · answer #8 · answered by Evey 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there moms are too cheap to buy candy but want some REAL bad, or they can't buy it cause of their vow to not buy junk food or something so they go get it in the kids behalf and munch down guiltily for a day or two.
2006-10-31 19:59:46 · answer #9 · answered by L.J. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, it sucks but it's always been that way. New mothers are excited at the experience. It's more for them than the baby, candy included, even if they don't realize it. As for teemagers, it;s free junk food......that's hard to resist.
2006-10-31 19:59:10 · answer #10 · answered by surfer_grl_ca 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋