Halloween Tip #16 – Are You Giving a Great Treat or a Worthless Trick?
What adult doesn’t remember those great nights of trick-or-treating? Selecting any old costume, just to be wearing one, in order to go out and see how many doors we could knock on. There was so much excitement going to the neighbor who we knew, year after year, would give us that full-sized chocolate candy bar. Down the street we could always depend on receiving a treat of M & M’s while next door we would collect a small bag of popcorn.
Those were the days! Today it seems like everyone has re-evaluated their “treat.” We may be more health conscious. Some parents refuse to hand out sugar-laden snacks. The question you may want to consider asking is this: “If you are going to give any kind of a treat make it something children will like. Otherwise, why bother?”
What makes a great treat? That depends on each individual child. However, if you don’t want to give sweets of any kind you may look back to a recent Tip to see there are “candy” alternatives (such as sugarless gum, chips, pencils, and so forth). Now, what makes a worthless trick? Well, just think back to when you were a child. We all received “treats” that we didn’t really like.
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