allimom
A Day In The Life

Just my personal opinion but I think 13 is a good cut off point. I get aggrevated when I get kids older than that at my door

I think it's just like Christmas or Easter. We might be too old to sit on Santa's lap ('cause let's face it, that's kinda creepy), but we're never too old to buy into it and enjoy it. There are certain social norms that we all have to come to terms with in our own way. But I think as long as the boys are still wanting to get dressed up and go out, let them. Eventually, their friends will start giving them a hard time for being "immature", and they'll decide to stop themselves.

We think anyone past grade school is too old. Middle school and high school kids can go to dances and parties. We quit giving out any candy years ago when we kept getting rude teenagers who would push ahead of the little kids to get candy. Now I just turn out all my lights and put a sign on the door that says "Sorry No CANDY". We have never had any problems.

I think teens are too old. They should be gathering with their friends and partying, not t-or-t'ing. My kids, one year. went on a treasure hunt for things relating to Halloween, and knocked on doors asking for those items. Another time they went out for something like UNICEF, or something like that, don't remember exactly.


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I don't know, I mean, I think it's a holiday. You try to get in the spirit of things and not feel frusterated when other people aren't as polite. I don't actually think it matters how 'old' they are when they trick or treat. Especially if they are being very polite about it. I've trick or treated every year since I was little. Either I was going or taking my siblings, and now I take my kids. And yeah, some older kids are rude about it. But in general, it's just a time to have a lot of fun and enjoy the once a year chance to dress up and be silly. I don't think it's really important to set a cut off age, more as a cut off attitude. If they are gonna end up being rude and pushing kids and not dressing up, then yeah, it's a bad idea to let them trick or treat. If they just think it's fun and are into it, then what is the harm? It won't last forever either way.

Halloween was actually an adult's celebration (pagan ritual) that has been taken over by kids. I think everyone can celebrate Halloween because the next day is All Saints Day.
I would trick or treat even now, and take my kids. I think as long as everyone is polite, it's not a problem.
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Here's an article that was posted in my church's newsletter, taken from somewhere else. I hope it helps.

Heck, my kids are only 8 and 10, and they ALREADY think they are "too old" to Trick-or-Treat! They would rather stay home to hand out candy and run the Fog Machine and "spooky music."

I admit that I find myself a bit ANNOYED when teenagers show up at my door. They should stay home and either have a party or run a Fog Machine.

Hi... just had to leave a comment.In our area when "halloweening" (not trick-or-treating) came around, everyone went...all ages.

It was great time of socializing and started maybe a week early. Carloads of friends would sneak in the driveway with headlights out... and they were in disquise. The fun was in guessing which one might be a grandfather, pregnant aunt...

Halloweening was a family thing.

One year my mother had just baked bread and the halloweeners ate every roll and loaf ...(my mother still bakes for a herd)...one year someone tripped over Daddy's shovel in the dark yard and broke the handle out of it...the outhouse or "toilet" as we called it, was always upset.

And then there were the "chriskinklers...

Not like today when the game is only to give candy and not to have fun guessing who the funster's are...

my vote has to be an age limit of at least 101 years....

thanks for letting me visit your diary...

Hi... just had to leave a comment.In our area when "halloweening" (not trick-or-treating) came around, everyone went...all ages.

It was great time of socializing and started maybe a week early. Carloads of friends would sneak in the driveway with headlights out... and they were in disquise. The fun was in guessing which one might be a grandfather, pregnant aunt...

Halloweening was a family thing.

One year my mother had just baked bread and the halloweeners ate every roll and loaf ...(my mother still bakes for a herd)...one year someone tripped over Daddy's shovel in the dark yard and broke the handle out of it...the outhouse or "toilet" as we called it, was always upset.

And then there were the "chriskinklers...

Not like today when the game is only to give candy and not to have fun guessing who the funster's are...

my vote has to be an age limit of at least 101 years....

thanks for letting me visit your diary...