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Lisa and Wolfgang’s Halloween Fun and Safety List – Update
Halloween and Trick or Treating are just around the corner. And if you think about it, organizing that walk around the neighborhood is much more than just picking up a costume at your local Halloween store, decorating the front of your house and buying a basket of candy. Aside your traditions, there is a basic set of tips that goes along with the single parent Trick or Treating experience to make sure you and your kids have a fun time.
Your challenge for Trick or Treating is to make sure your kids are safe while they can truly enjoy the experience that comes with collecting candy in their favorite costumes.
Here are a few general rules we recommend:
1. It is important that you have a good safety speech with them before you leave the house. Depending on their age, they may be on their own and it is common sense that they know what to do and what not to do. This would include basic road and pedestrian safety rules as well as their behavior towards strangers. Reiterate those everyday safety rules, which include staying away from strangers, not getting into cars or talking to them. Set a time they should be home by. Stress the importance of this rule!
2. As every year, the police typically increases its presence on streets to ensure road safety, but also to make sure that registered sex offenders comply with the sign ordinance. It isn’t a necessarily bad idea that you are aware of the registered sex offenders living in your area. The list can be retrieved from your county website.
3. Talk to your children about respect to others. Explain the difference between tricks and vandalism. Adults tend to get upset, especially when eggs are thrown at garage doors. If they cause a mess, make them clean it up.
4. As single parents, we are always grateful when there is grandma or grandpa to stay at home to pass out candy to children. But if you do not have someone to stay at home and your children are too young to be out on their own, turn off the lights in your house to signal trick or treaters that no one is home. If you want to leave your lights on, leave a basket with some candy in front of your house with a sign that each child should take one or two pieces. If you can, return a few times during your walk to replenish the basket.
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