let their kids trick or treat? I think the past couple of years, I didn't get a single knock. I know if I were a parent, no way would I let my kids do this given the complete idiots out there in today's world.
shareYes, thankfully most parents aren't neurotic lunatics who are scared to death at the prospect of letting their "precious angels" actually go out and live life...
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Masonville mall here in London (Ontario) hosts "Mall'o'ween" every year that I take my daughter too. I love it because it's inside a warm and dry mall that has plenty of security to keep the kids safe.
We've gone there every year for the past six years and always have a good time.
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Man, you should be in our area. Maybe not so much in big cities or even small towns, but where I live, we have trick or treaters like crazy. It's pretty much as urban as you can get before leaving the country, so I guess the parents feel safe with letting their kids run around unattended begging for candy.
But hey, who am I to judge? I used to have so much fun doing it myself, even with this towns horrible 8 p.m. curfew.
Maybe it does depend on what area you live in...
Do immigrant populations celebrate Halloween like families who have been here for generations do? That's not an attack or anything, I just wonder if that's just a tradition a family from Pakistan or Nigeria would adopt or not. Maybe they do, I don't know.
Another factor is the PERCEPTION of all these crazy people out there who will harm your child. That's due to the urban legends and the Internet, if you ask me. There are so many emails out there with "read this before you...[insert an activity]" and the email will go on to describe some horrible event. I remember one; HIV-infected needles being taped to the gas pumps.
I think there is a lot of stuff that parents assume to be true...how long has the razor-blade in the candy myth been out there?
I also think it's due to the fact that we (Americans) know people across the country better than we know our neighbors...we're so addicted to our computers, phones, and TVs that neighbors don't get to know each other anymore. I bet a lot of the protective parents would let their kids trick or treat if they actually knew who lived down the street.
Yes, kids still trick or treat. And for the record, door-to-door trick or treating has NEVER been dangerous. Poisoned candy and killer neighbors are an urban myth. The few kids that have been poisoned from Halloween candy were poisoned by family members.
shareI feel like it's dying out, especially in my town but it really just depends on where you live I guess. From what a friend told me, there's not a lot of children living in my town. The graduating classes have shrunk significantly and it's because this is mostly a town where older people like to live but their children move to other towns.
Last Halloween I was watching movies with my boyfriend's family and we had to drive back home to get something from my house and the streets were practically empty. We had a few young children come to the door between 4-5pm.
We have one hour to pack, and get the *beep* out of Abu Dhabi!
It doesn't seem as popular as it used to in my neighbourhood, but I think that's because there aren't as many kids in my neighbourhood as there used to be (most of the nearby elementary schools have closed in the past ten years). However, we still get a good 20 or so trick or treaters.
I think that people are way too concerned for the safety of kids on Halloween. Obviously, you want your kids to be safe, but the whole point of Halloween is to push the limits a bit. I think it's important to let your kids have some independence for the night (granted, you make sure you know where they're going, when they'll be back, and ensure that they stick to well lit areas with lots of people around). I don't really get the mentality that trick or treating is too dangerous. Kids can handle a lot more than adults today give them credit for.
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Trick or Treat is still pretty big where I'm from. I don't see it dying out. There's too much tradition in it for it to simply just fade away.
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