Quick poll re trick or treating...

[Iamblossom]

I have said my 12 and 14 year old dses are allowed out with their friends till 7.30 latest around our local estate streets only. AIBU? What's the sitch in your house?

This is to go trick or treating I take it?
I have sweets ready for children. My kids love handing them out.
I take my kids to go trick or treating but only to houses with Halloween decorations or pumpkins.

I'm not a fan of trick or treating at all which might colour my opinion, but I think it's for small children, not teens

Sounds fair to me. I always find it quite entertaining to open my door on Halloween to be faced with a bunch of my Year 11 students! Their faces are a picture every time. 🤣

As long as they only knock on decorates houses / houses with a pumpkin out then I don’t see an issue.

Sounds reasonable

Oh contraire all the boys' friends can't wait to go round in their masks etc and this is the first time I am letting them go with their friends and not me. Which is why I want to time limit it. Plus it is a school night.

I think that is fine, but i tend to think it is for primary school kids only. That said I don't mind trick or treating teens but they must dress up and make an effort e.g. Not just shoving a witches hat on.

Yes I will say only go to houses decorated or with lit pumpkins...

We don't do it here behind primary school age. DD (13) instead dresses up and doles out eats the sweets for trick or treaters. DS is in his last year of going out. The whole village generally follows this rule, there is a party at the social club for the teenagers.

I've always said no to trick or treating. Always will.
If you live in a very close community I'm sure it would be quite fun, but unless you know all your neighbours very well I don't think it is a good thing to do.

So long as in fancy dress and pumpkin houses only . My 11 year old is going first time with his mates . On my way! Of the parents is around with her other child

I hate it. Remember living in a ground floor flat on my own and hiding inside with the lights off as a bunch of teens kicked my door. I’d given younger kids sweets earlier on even though I didn’t have a pumpkin, when I ran out of sweets the next lot asked for cash. I said no. Then hid. And they kept on banging and kicking the door. You never know how old the kids on the other side of the door will be. I’m not putting a pumpkin out, I’m not answering your bloody door.

Our village has a map on the app saying which houses are doing it so hopefully no one else will get bothered.

Decorated lit houses only, it sounds fine.

I think they're a bit old

Always taken the dc trick or treating (to decorated houses only) but once the dc are old enough to go without me then they are too old to go at all, so around yr6 (11/12yrs old)

We don’t do it. Never have.

to be honest i think 14 is too old to be trick or treating. i won’t be handing out sweets if a bunch of teenagers come to my door. i’d say once kids have left primary school they’re too old to trick or treat.

Yes, I think it's fine if they make an effort to dress up and only go to decorated houses. I don't mind teenagers if they have made an effort, but have discouraged my dd from going since she left primary school, as I think it is aimed at little tiny people really.

Decorated houses only. I'd be a bit if I opened the door to a 14yo tbh. We were having Halloween nights in with friends at that age. I turn out the lights at 7pm so I don't know how many teens take part here.

Only to houses with pumpkins and/or Halloween decorations. Primary school age children only.

I only tend to open the door to primary aged children now.
Last year I felt quite intimidated when a group of 7or 8 teens knocked at my door shouting trick or treat. They’d mage no effort whatsoever and weren’t even dressed up.

I don't think they are too old. 12 year old adores halloween and can't wait to dress up and I don't see why my 14 year old should stay in. They will have fun and I trust them I just want them home at a reasonable hour.