Noticed on Nextdoor that several people were complaining because teens or older children were taking all the candy as well as the bowls it was in on Halloween night. Now that is rude and just plain awful.
But those homeowners in the newer subdivisions should take a tip from the North Main Street homeowners, who have graciously handed out tons of candy through the years. The operative words here are “handed out.” The North Main homeowners don’t leave bowls sitting out of their porch full of candy and let human (and teen) nature take its course.
They hand out the candy to each child and say hello or “Happy Halloween,” thereby rationing how much each child gets – when the trick-or-treaters are in the hundreds each year the Halloween candy budget can be shocking – and also keeping a firm grip on the bowl, avoiding the bowl-stealing.
I suggest parents look at the video clips from Halloween night on Nextdoor and have a heart-to-heart talk with the teens they see there – at the least. Do you want your children doing what was captured Halloween night like stealing lights?
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This is a Tweet from Rep. Eric Swalwell: “If after celebrating a new child, men suffered from weeks of hemorrhoids, hand/foot/face swelling and genital bleeding, Paid Family Leave wouldn’t be up for debate. It would be in the Bill of Rights. #PaidLeaveForAll
