Saw a child with mum trick or treating at 11:20pm (school night here)

[fmla]

I was about to go to bed. Noticed outside was a girl aged 5-7 wearing a Halloween outfit with several of those one off glow necklaces (that made me draw attention to begin with) with her mum. They were going to paths to houses and knocked on a couple of doors.

Who in their right minds will answer the door that time of night, unless you are expecting it - member of household returning back from work etc or ordering that very late takeout delivery?

Half term was last week here. It's not acceptable for a young child to be out that time plus some of the streetlights switch off at 11pm. It doesn't matter if its half term or not,

If the mum was working until, say 9pm, then she should arrange with DD's friends' parents to go round with them. If that is the case that she finished work, who looked after DD after school?

Not ideal, wanted or expected but not dangerous. The child was with her parent. The child may have adhd and sleeps past midnight anyway (clutching at straws here) so it won't be the case they are in bed anyway.
I've recently moved to a very deprived area and the etiquette is very different. In my previous home there were unwritten rules of no decor/no knocking but for the past week or so I've had children knocking looking sweets, often unaccompanied in the dark. Last night there wasn't just knocking, but persistent banging of the letterbox (and this was with parents in tow!) and it must have happened about 30 times.

Up to the mum what time she is out and about with the child although my personal opinion is that a child that age should be in bed at that time unless exceptional circumstances/one off for a special reason.

however knocking on people’s doors at that time is totally unacceptable and inconsiderate to others.

Maybe she's a vampire and she only can go out late at night 😂

I'm sure there was another explanation. Most people would be in bed by that time....The latest we've ever had trick or treaters is around 9pm and that was a neighbour's teenage dd who'd clearly just spent hours doing her amazing Halloween make up.

And?
My son is severely autistic, he sleeps well now but didnt when he was younger ,I wouldn't have dreamed of knocking on random doors at that time because he couldn't sleep.

Yes, you never know people's circumstances.
So you shouldn't be knocking on doors at half past bloody eleven at night. Nowhere has it said that they were only knocking on doors of people that they know, or that they were only out that late as maybe they had to go for an x ray as she hurt herself 😕
Seeing as we're making all these assumptions, maybe a pigeon flew down, stole all their watches and clocks so they didn't realise the time and that's why they were out so late.

🤣🤣🤣

Having a ND child doesn't mean you can do whatever you want
Had they knocked on my door and disturbed my own severely autistic teen ,it would becme that took the brunt of frustration and anger .

You've no idea what you actually saw. It could have been someone who desperately needed help trying to get it from neighbours, it could have been something pre arranged with the residents.

It's not a school night, and why on earth does it matter what time a home educated child go to bed?

I couldn't care less what time other people, s kids go to bed but I wouldn't be impressed at them knocking on my door at gone 11 at night.

It WAS a school night, but that's irrelevant anyway.

It’s so weird how people want to argue over this situation that really nobody knows anything about. It might be a school night or maybe that child doesn’t go to school or is from a different area, they might have been knocking on strangers doors or it could have been someone they knew. Who knows?

The op said it is a school night

But the OP doesn’t know the child, where they live, what school they attend, that’s if they attend school at all. So it doesn’t really matter what the OP says.

OP doesn't know what school the child goes to and would have no idea if it was a school night, just as she doesn't know if the child was going to the House of people she knew and were expecting her.

Feels like it brings the worst out in people.

I left a tin with sweets out, because I am unwell and didn't want to be up and down.

Caught a parent on camera telling her kid to take them all. The kid didn't want to, but in the end did as was told, while the mum shouted 'trick or treat very loudly while laughing'

Won't bother next year.

Ok but it is for the majority of families in the area so that makes knocking on random doors at that time worse (although it still would be bad on a non school night)

That mum is terrible. Good on the child for not wanting to but it’s shame that they are being taught to behave badly.

But the OP doesn’t know that they were knocking on strangers doors? They could easily be going to the house of someone they know and had prearranged it with for whatever reason.

The lack of critical thinking skills is quite scary.

Are you for real? ‘Making an effort’? Nah. That child needed to be in bed. There is no excuse to be dragging a child out in the cold at that time of night.

One guy answered the door to us and told my 2 to take the lot if they wanted (obviously I didn't let them). He said he couldn't be bothered to keep getting up but his wife wouldn't let him leave the bowl out in case it got stolen. I laughed at the thought... until our own bowl got stolen later on 😱

“But the OP doesn’t know that they were knocking on strangers doors? They could easily be going to the house of someone they know and had prearranged it with for whatever reason.”

The houses were “in total darkness.”
Who doesn’t turn on lights when expecting visitors?

“The lack of critical thinking skills is quite scary.”
That I can agree with.

Entirely different. 🙄

Why should people ‘not judge’ when it comes to child welfare?

Which post does the OP say the houses were in total darkness?

Edited to add I found out now. Drip feed that one house was in darkness, after people commented quite sensibly that it may have been prearranged and not condemning the woman as the OP so badly wanted.