Acceptable age for trick or treating?

Question

What would you say the minimum and maximum age is for trick or treating?

Answer 1

3-100

Answer 2

Unless you are taking your niece or nephew or your own child trick or treating then you are out of place going door to door and should not be doing that by yourself. Remember that you're a grown up now and you don't need people to give you candy, you can earn it yourself. Adults (that's when you reach the age of 18) generally have parties for adults only where they don't go door to door but they have games like bob for an apple or they have prizes for best costumes, people try to guess who each other is and there's food and dancing, but it's all adults and is usually held at the home of one of their friends or a place has been rented for such a purpose. Yes, the south appears to be the "bible belt" and I'm there too. Usually the church itself is against Halloween because it has to do with belief in the dead rising and frightening people and that's a pagan holiday.

Answer 3

My daughter is 20 months old and will be going out to a couple of neighbor houses for halloween, but only to friends. She doesn't get the concept so I believe she's too young. I remember trick or treating at the age of 4.

14 is too old. The good thing in my neighborhood is that you can shut off the porch light and not have any more trick or treaters once the high school kids start coming around.

Answer 4

I think that the minimum is 4 + (if their is an adult with them) and the maximum should be 15-16

Answer 5

well i am 19 and i dont feel like i am too old to trick or treat..i dont have any wild adult halloween parties to go to..and no friends to run around with so why cant i go trick or treating..i hate all these people tlaking about 14 is too old 16 is too old..ok well then oyu know what how about i say your 15 or 16 so i aint getting you nothing for christmas,,,or valentines day..it is a national holiday....i dont care if your 30 ..if you aint ashamed of being a lil older than everyone else..you have as much a right to trick or treat than anyone else.. im going with my 11 year old sister andif she werent going..id go by myself..what?!?! and im dressing up,,fangs outfit makeup and everything..if you dont give me candy ill smash chocolate on your porch..and shoot u a bird..

Answer 6

I do not think there should be a min or max! I think that if you refuse to give our candy for certain kids is Just Plain wrong! I have been going our since I was 12 mons old! I still enjoy it now and i am 13! I think you should go till you fell to old not any sooner and not when everyone else thinks either!

Answer 7

I gotta go with its the spirit of the holiday. As long as they are out there, dressed up and come to my door to say trick or treat (as opposed to those that egg houses or smash my pumpkin)--then I will give them candy.

Answer 8

Your never too old to enjoy trick or treating, but if yoiu feel as though you shouldn't, don't. When you get older, take your kids trick or treating, then you can still have fun!

Answer 9

Minimum, 3, maximum, 18. I find it so annoying when people are choosy with who they give candy to. Does it really matter if this person doesn't have a costume, or looks like they're a bit older, it's a holiday, a celebration, take the stick out.

Answer 10

whenever.. I mean my friends are 16 and 17 and they still go trick or treating.. :P

any age is fine.. youngest I'd say as soon as they can handle solid foods..and they don't necessarily have to eat the candy..