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When to stop dressing up for Halloween? - 10/18/2008 11:35:35 AM
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Lady_of_Faith
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At what age would you stop your kids from dressing up for Halloween?
My son turned 10 this year and usually by this time, we would have had a costume. We never go 'trick or treating' but instead attend the Harvest Festival at this church in our neighborhood. Now he's not so sure if he wants to dress up at all, so I'm curious as to what other parents think.
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RE: When to stop dressing up for Halloween? - 10/18/2008 11:42:31 AM
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pbaribeault
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That's one of those excellent opportunities for a 10 year old boy to practice his decision making skills. They are important skills and this is a perfect no-loss but genuinely real-life decision with simple options and easily-read outcomes. As a parent I'd completely refuse to help him with this choice.
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RE: When to stop dressing up for Halloween? - 10/18/2008 4:17:05 PM
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zoebob
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My kids stopped dressing up last year. Halloween was a Wed and we have AWANA so we couldn't go trick or treating anyway. I bought them each a bag of their favorite candy.
This year I told them if they would forfeit TorT that I would do the same thing. They are good with it. I'd much rather buy some candy then not have to worry about coming up with costumes. Plus a lot of people in our area decorate their houses a lot and it's scary for some of mine.
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RE: When to stop dressing up for Halloween? - 10/19/2008 1:47:52 PM
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buckifn
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45 + and still can't wait for it to get here!!! neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr stop lovin it...there isn't enough joy and fun in the world to miss out on even one opportunity imo
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RE: When to stop dressing up for Halloween? - 10/19/2008 4:32:48 PM
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MC4JC
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Our kids were allowed to trick or treat in the town (we lived out in the country) till they were 16 yrs old. Their extent of dressing was to sorta look like a pirate (with a patch), a hobo (black streaks on face) or just a mask. Most times the mask was only wore for the first 1/2 hour as it was "too hot".
Their payment for us driving them around was we could take our pick of 2 candy bars each.
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RE: When to stop dressing up for Halloween? - 10/19/2008 7:07:12 PM
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creationtalk
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quote:
ORIGINAL: pbaribeault
That's one of those excellent opportunities for a 10 year old boy to practice his decision making skills. They are important skills and this is a perfect no-loss but genuinely real-life decision with simple options and easily-read outcomes. As a parent I'd completely refuse to help him with this choice.
Agree with this.
My son (7) likes to dress up, but I am pretty picky about what he can be...and because I won't take him TorT, he prefers to spend Halloween with his father...and I lock the gate and turn off the lights in the front of the house.
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RE: When to stop dressing up for Halloween? - 10/19/2008 8:41:56 PM
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ladyingrace1979
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I'm curious why he doesn't want to dress up? I always discourage my kids from making decisions based on peer pressure or other people's opinions.
But if it's not peer pressure or something like that, let him make the decision.
My dd#1 still dresses because her school has a literary character parade. They have to dress as a character from a book and they compete in categories like most original.
This year she will be helping with the fall family festival at our church. I'll get her some candy so she isn't left out. Dh and I both still dress up, it's just good fun.
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RE: When to stop dressing up for Halloween? - 10/21/2008 8:35:37 AM
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nevaehs_gaze
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Sorry, I'm not a parent yet, and have no real advice, but I can say that I think I've dressed up every single year for some reason or another. When I was younger, of course I loved trick-or-treating, but as I got older, there were parties and school/church events that I'd attend. In college my friends and I resumed trick-or-treating, and often took part in a local handicap halloween event held at a nearby hotel, so kids who can't go outside to trick-or-treating, can still participate indoors. As a teacher now, I dress up for class on Halloween, haha.
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RE: When to stop dressing up for Halloween? - 10/22/2008 1:45:40 PM
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We don't celebrate Halloween but we do allow our daughter to dress up in her princess attire. If he's tired of it, let him make his own decision as mentioned above.
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