When I was child, my parents would regal me with stories of the greatness of trick-or-treating in their day, but now it seems as if Halloween has become restricted to daytime celebrations in self-proclaimed “safe” zones. I feel bad for the kids who no longer can accumulate large amounts of delicious candy and small amounts of miscellaneous rubbish, and instead are forced to collect medium amounts of average candy in the mall. It really is asinine when one thinks about it. For all of the bad things that have happened during Halloween night, there have been an equal number, if not more, incidents that have happened in malls and shopping centers across the country. If anything, it speaks more to lazy parenting than to any real concerns about a nighttime stroll in one’s own neighborhood/Cheyenne Hollis, UI Argonaut. More here.

Question: Do you still take your kids trick-or-treating? Or do you drop them off at a mall or a church harvest party, for safety sake? Or, if your kids are too old for trick-or-treating, do you stock up on candy for those who stop by?