Trunk or Treat

[WANDERER]

Most good people here are uncomfortable with door knocking even when supervised by parents (Oz)...it's the wrong message to give children that they can approach strangers for candy. Things can go wrong...when a child has their first anaphylactic seizure to peanut products... or trips over a plant while running off to the next house...or says they have parents with them across the street and don't... I'm just not comfortable with the idea. Halloween parties seem to be catching on though even if door knocking is rare.

[deseretgov]

Most good people here are uncomfortable with door knocking even when supervised by parents (Oz)...it's the wrong message to give children that they can approach strangers for candy. Things can go wrong...when a child has their first anaphylactic seizure to peanut products... or trips over a plant while running off to the next house...or says they have parents with them across the street and don't... I'm just not comfortable with the idea. Halloween parties seem to be catching on though even if door knocking is rare.

You're not serious are you?

[WANDERER]

I'm in Australia, so we don't really have the cultural practice here...I've only had it twice in 15 years where kids have knocked on the door so I'm probably more uncomfortable about it than you guys are because it's unfamiliar territory.

Being a teacher I'm probably a little more extreme when it comes to children's safety than the average person *occupational hazard*.

Yes, I realise millions of kids go trick or treating on Halloween and nothing bad happens.

[Moksha]

Our ward does the Halloween stuff in our building. They have eats in the area off the kitchen and fun and games for the kids in the gym. It is never on Halloween night, so the kids can still go trick or treating. Being out in the cold parking lot seems excessively spartan when their is a nice building available.