Handling Halloween

[velvetpage]

How does your family handle Halloween?

Specifically - what do you do about the candy? Do you pool it for family use? Dole it out a few pieces at a time? Let kids keep it in their rooms, to be eaten at their discretion? Let kids decide when to eat it, and accept the consequences themselves, or let them decide with some limits - for instance, no candy before lunchtime? Do you allow kids to have separate stashes of candy that their siblings aren't allowed to have, and if so, how do you handle accusations of theft?

This isn't a big issue for us yet - we're still at the dole-it-out stage, and she doesn't notice if I eat some of her candy. :) But it will start to become an issue, and I want to be prepared when it does.

Comments

[summerfields.livejournal.com]

I distinctly recall dumping my loot on the dining room table only to have Piet and Krista take their share....and mom taking out all those candies that pull out your teeth or have razorblades and what not. :)

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

My sister has openly admitted that she used to steal our candy before eating her own. I don't want my kids stealing from each other, or eating themselves sick, or developing the hoarding tendency that I have left over from childhood, so I'm thinking now about how to avoid it. So far, I like the idea of pooling it and allowing some each day after school and some after supper until it's gone. And pillowcases will never be used as treat bags in my house.