Too old? Trick or treating

[Looneymahooney]

Quick question.

My 13-year-old daughter would like us to go trick or treating tomorrow. By us, I mean me and my 4 month old.

Are we out of the age brackets for trick or treating?

I'm so surprised by the amount of grumpy people on here! If the teens are dressed up, being respectful and enjoying themselves, leave them to it!!

No!!! Take them, we get kids really young up to 18. It’s all good fun and nice to see everyone having wholesome fun.

Same here!

That's just grim.

Exactly this! ^ And the teenagers in our village are really polite and courteous. And as a pp said, some of their outfits are quite phenomenal!

Take her! I don’t see any age limit on trick or treating. As long as they are respectful and not egging houses and making trouble, I see no issue with teens doing it too

@ProvincialLady24 · Today 22:08

I wouldn't let them go alone. In my daughter's' experiences the dads/men start to make inappropriate comments

Really.....?! That's never happened in my village (that I know of!)

Why is it grabby?! Any different to a younger child enjoying trick or treating?

So the solution is to wear a mask. No one will know how old they are

also…It’s not ‘grabby’

Final year for our family is when they are 12. After that we had other things for them to do, or movie nights.

I think 13 is probably the last year she can get away with it without it being a bit odd. We definitely don’t get any teens older than that coming to the door.

@noworklifebalance · Today 21:56

I think it is too old. I have teens/tweens and when I see children of this age knocking on strangers’ doors for sweets I think it looks a bit grabby tbh.

What a thoroughly daft comment! 🙄

Let her crack on, it's better than being on Snapchat.

The four month old though....😂

Totally fine ! I'll be escorting a group of 12/13 yr olds around tomorrow night and they cannot wait .

Agree.
Who needs a bloody loads of sweets either.

Absolutely fine. We should be encouraging children to be children for as long as possible.

Oh for goodness sake, lighten up!

This! You're a child for a very short time!

Exactly @Sazzy6258 !

I took my 3 week old baby 👶 A few years back... admittedly her older sister was about 3 years old so was very into it. Baby 👶 made an adorable little pumpkin 🎃 and the neighbors were delighted. ☺️ Go have fun!

By that reckoning nobody should be out guising because nobody needs a bloody load of sweets

Bit spiteful. This 13yr old has a 4 month sibling. Maybe she's feeling a bit insecure and wants to something with her mum and new sibling.

Considering Halloween is a pagan celebration, noone is too old or too young to get involved whether it's teens knocking doors or adults decorating and providing sweets.

My village has a terrible antisocial behaviour problem in its 12 and over youngsters because noone does anything here for their age group.

Last year I encouraged lots of them to get involved and dress up and it was lovely to see the good manners and hear the lovely comments they had about our decorations etc.

Much rather everyone who can gets involved than gatekeep it. For me, it's the equivalent to saying kids of 12 and up are too old for partaking in Christmas cheer.

I'd say the 4 month old is more out the age bracket than the 13 year old 🤣

I am not sure what the “wow, really” refers to?
Is it the: you lost me on Karen, because that is deeply misogynistic
or that going trick or treating and partying are not mutually exclusive? That quote is very very cringe, makes no sense and has nothing to do with handing sweets to kids who can’t afford to dress up.
Surely, it adds more pressure on to those families to dress up and to buy sweets to hand out?
I do hand out sweets to the younger and older kids but it still looks grabby to me when the older ones come round.

IMO it's fine if they're with you and they're dressed up. If they're old enough to be out on their own then they're too old for Trick or Treating.