Families that go Trick-or-treating but don't hand out candy?

[golfgal]

I wouldn't think anything of it to start with because I wouldn't remember year to year who was home and who was not .

If it bothers you that much consider they only have a handful of years to take their kids trick or treating before they will want to go on their own or are too old to go and they will have 50+ years to hand out candy after that.

 

[tlbwriter]

I couldn't care less. When DD was little, we both took her and left a bowl of candy, and now that she's older, one of us stays home to hand out candy. But I don't think any less of families that don't do that. Like someone else said, I assume they're handing out candy before and after their kids are TOT age.

 

[Ephany]

If DH is home, one of us stays and passes out candy while the other takes DD around. Last year it was just me and DD so I left a bowl, did 1/2 our community and checked on the bowl when we passed by. I was surprised to find out that no one had emptied it. I topped it off, we finished the other 1/2 of the community and when we got home DD passed out candy. I'm sure we'll give out for way longer than the short time DD trick-or-treats but to me it feels right to pass out if we're out partaking.

 

[ChristaDeVil]

Yeah, I've never thought about this being an issue or every worried that someone would think bad of me for not handing out candy. In years past, we have stayed in our small neighborhood and trick or treated. All three of us would go out, and then we'd hand out candy when we returned, because we always had a couple to come after we'd gotten home for the night. However, we have been invited to our friend's neighborhood for the past couple of years to trick or treat with three or four couples and their kids. It's way more fun that way! I never once worried about not being in my own neighborhood to hand out candy.

 

[PaulaSB12]

I give out sweets on halloween but don't have children probably will never have children so does that mean I have to go out trick or treating?

 

[ChristaDeVil]

I give out sweets on halloween but don't have children probably will never have children so does that mean I have to go out trick or treating?

Yes. Do you have a child you can borrow? Perhaps a dog you can dress up?

 

[Allison]

I give out sweets on halloween but don't have children probably will never have children so does that mean I have to go out trick or treating?

I guess so. Apparently, this must all even out so you need to go get your share.

 

[T1130]

I leave a note on my door saying we are trick or treating please come back later.

 

[MushyMushy]

I've never heard anyone with that attitude. It makes sense, but I just don't think of it that way. Some people stay home, some people go out. Kids grow up and quit going, and often those parents then hand out candy. I think it all balances out.

 

[PaulaSB12]

On a more serious note parents aren't going to think its weird for me to be handing out treats to kids are they? My family consists of myself and my mother. I started handing out the treats after trick or treating at mnsshp thought it was fun and started handing out the sweets to the kids they are always polite and have their parents with them.

 

[Allison]

On a more serious note parents aren't going to think its weird for me to be handing out treats to kids are they? My family consists of myself and my mother. I started handing out the treats after trick or treating at mnsshp thought it was fun and started handing out the sweets to the kids they are always polite and have their parents with them.

Not in my neighborhood.

 

[Michelle and crew]

I look at it in terms of the big picture. I will be giving out candy for 50 years. If I missed 7 or 8 to trick or treat, the world isn't going to explode. Lol, it is rather like property tax.

 

[m&m's mom]

We live in a very family friendly area and MiL lives out in the country so she comes every year and hands out while we walk the kids. About 5 houses all go out together but one spouse always stays home if a visiting grandparent does not.

 

[Music City Mama]

I live on the main street of a very large subdivision, so needless to say, we get a lot of TOTers. DH and I take turns taking the kids around while one of us passes out candy. If we felt the need to both take them around at the same time (which we don't), I'd definitely leave a bowl out.

On a side note, my across the street neighbors decorate the front of their house every year. On Halloween night, they turn on scary music (loud), have black lights on the porch, etc., however, they're never there! I don't think they're all out trick-or-treating together either because they've never come to our house and they obviously "celebrate" Halloween because of the decorations, but it's almost like a cruel joke to watch child after child walk up their steps and knock, but the door never get answered. They don't leave a bowl out either. I just don't understand the point of this.

 

[Pakey]

We live in a high traffic area (they come in by the van load).

No kids but I hand out candy, several hundred candy bars. So for any of the PP's who go trick or treating but don't stay home, I'm adopting at least one of you to even things out.

 

[DeniseinNS]

We always make sure to give out treats. I think it would be pretty rude to take my kids out to collect candy but not give any in return, I think of the few families I know that do that as CHEAPSKATES. My husband and I take turns, he will take the kids out for a bit whileI hand out treats and then we will switch.
We get vanloads of kids from other area on our street and a few times have run out of candy. We prepare for around 175 kids.

 

[Ceila]

On a more serious note parents aren't going to think its weird for me to be handing out treats to kids are they? My family consists of myself and my mother. I started handing out the treats after trick or treating at mnsshp thought it was fun and started handing out the sweets to the kids they are always polite and have their parents with them.

Not at all! We have lots of people in our neighborhood who don't have kids but still hand out treats.

 

[Kies99]

We've done this in years past (not handed out candy at our house but go with the kids). We do not leave out a bowl or basket, but we always gave our candy to one of the neighbors and asked them to hand it out with theirs.

We wouldn't feel right getting and not giving.

 

[handinpocket]

I think it's Halloween and they want to take their kids ToT'ing. What does it matter? There are no rules about it. We have one kid and both my husband & I take him. When we get home if anyone comes we hand out candy. I left a bowl out one year and the first group of kids came and cleaned it out.

This.

 

[mtemm]

we are lucky in that my mil always likes to come over to see the kids in their costumes, so she wil stay behind and hand out candy while dh and I take ours around. we both love going, and she loves seeing all the kids running around and having fun with trick or treat, so its a win-win.

I would feel odd not to at least leave a bowl on my porch with candy in it