If you had a 14 year old son in grade 8 or 9, would you let him go out trick or treating with 3 or more guys his age?
What would you be rules or you would allow him or not?
2007-10-17 18:06:58 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
yes- be home by 930- dont get into trouble
those were my rules when i was 10
2007-10-17 18:10:13 · answer #1 · answered by flightattendantman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We let three of them separate from us last year. Ages 13, 12 and 10. They were just fine. We had a meet up place and they were not allowed to leave the neighborhood. We took the little ones and the big boys got to go at their own pace. They had to stick together and they had a cell phone. I think 14 is more than fine......
2007-10-17 18:13:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let him go. I'm 15 and still go trick or treating. All those saying that 14 is too old to go trick or treating are seriously messed up. IT"S FREE CANDY! AS LONG AS HE ACTUALLY HAS A COSTUME, WHO CARES? I mean, at least he's not going around egging houses, or whatever. Get over it. Would you rather force him to stay home with his parents and pass out candy to all of his friends or go out, have fun, and make friendships? Keeping him home will only make him more of a wuss. Some people!
2007-10-18 04:51:09 · answer #3 · answered by Morgan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would, but I would make sure he knows NOT to damage people's property or scare the elderly in their own homes. Make sure he cannot get hold of any eggs/flour!! (I hear the shops are cracking down hard and refusing to sell eggs to youngsters leading up to halloween, but the little blighters STILL manage to get their hands on them HOW? It's always a mystery to me!? Anyway getting back on track, a group of young lads can encourage each other on to act daft, so limit the friends he goes out with, no more than 3 I would suggest, lay down the ground rules and if you are satisifed then let him go out and have fun ( with reason!)
2007-10-18 03:07:19 · answer #4 · answered by Hotcakes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would. I
Of course I would have to know which of his friends he was going out with( and trust them) I would have to talk to there parents to make sure there OK with whats going on. I would restrict them to a certain area, preferably just around the neighborhood I live in ( if that's a safe place) and I would have him check in regularly by Cell phone (if available) or just by having him loop back by the house every 30 or 40 min. (whatever time you set that feels good to you). I would also make sure he understands that there will be DIRE CONSEQUENCE'S if these rules are not met ( like taking all his candy and giving it back out to the little munchkins knocking at your door) or worse!
Good Luck
hope this helped
R.M.
2007-10-17 18:17:13 · answer #5 · answered by amara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so. I'm 14, and have been going on my own for several years now. As long as it's a safe neighborhood and there are time limits and such, he should be fine. You should ALWAYS make sure that he is with someone else though, preferably a trustworthy friend of his.
Happy Halloween!
2007-10-20 15:28:46 · answer #6 · answered by DeltaKilo3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my 11 year old is going out with a handful of his friends. He will be given the rules to follow and a time to be home.
2007-10-17 18:24:45 · answer #7 · answered by Stacie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course...What do you want to do, keep him sheltered his whole life and have him grow to dispise you for it. He's 14 and doesn't want an adult going with him like a 4 yr old.
Let him go, be home by 9:30 10:00 and stay out of trouble and don't eat your candy until I get to pick out what I like...
2007-10-17 18:14:21 · answer #8 · answered by wyld_1_bill 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is he responsible? Is he a good kid and not prone to fall into peer pressure? Do you know the other parents & kids involved?
If the kids are good kids, set a curfew, determine WHERE he is going (even if it is just from Block A to Block K along Y Street), and make sure at least one of the kids has a cell phone.
2007-10-17 21:25:33 · answer #9 · answered by flhomeschoolers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of that it would count on the section that I lived in and whether he replaced into in simple terms staying in the community. i know that our mothers and dads opt to let us know approximately those city legends of youngsters being snatched away via the handfuls at the same time as they have been trick-or-treating, yet I even have never in MY lifetime ever heard of that happening. permit him bypass and remind him of what time he must be homestead. communicate with the mothers and dads of the different boys and be sure that in the process addition they approve. If there are any homes which you experience may be a splash shad, tell them to bypass over them. At this age, he in all probability desires to bypass extra for the social factor extra desirable than the candy, so permit this be a attempt. If he follows each and every of the regulations in this, it ought to open the door to construction believe for the destiny. wish this enables!
2016-10-04 01:50:14 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to know your son and his peers. If you think he could handle it then I would say yes, but why does he want to go at this age?
I would set clear rules about what you expect (where he can go, what neighborhoods, and for how long) if you don't think he would adhere to this or would be easily influenced negatively by these peers I would say no.
2007-10-18 03:03:02 · answer #11 · answered by Indya M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋