Non-Scary Halloween, Please

[Fighting Banana Slug]

Originally Posted by dubc80

Going to malls for Halloween is lame.

True, and those parents are, and the kid is, lame.

Still have a hard time believing the note is legit, but if so, it is way too big of an ask. It's Halloween. What does little Junior even consider scary? Skeletons? Jack 'o lanterns? Ridiculous.

(Surprised they didn't mention the kid's nut allergy. Best get rid of all candy, just in case).

[GoinAllTheWay]

Originally Posted by squiggs96

Some people are ridiculous. The next thing you know they'll be asking people to hurry up in the car wash bays and getting them to go back at 10pm.

lol, what??

[Since1984]

Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay

lol, what??

Check out the GMG Thread....apparently if I can only make it to the car wash at peak times to do a full clean and take 30 mins, I am a inconsiderate a-hole.

But back on topic. Halloween in our day and age is for ghouls, ghosts and all things scary when it comes to kids. This shouldn't change. Scare the older kids and tone it down for the younger ones.

[tvp2003]

Originally Posted by dubc80

Going to malls for Halloween is a complete clusterfata that should be avoided at all costs.

Fyp

Last year I had the Friday off so we tried taking our kids to Market mall. Weekday at 11:00 and the place is packed with little kids running around while their parents stare at their phones (I'm generalizing... sort of). Worst part is that we asked our kids to wait in line for their turn while other kids just pushed their way to the front.

We'll stick with door to door this year, where the people smile and give away handfuls of candy instead of some sales associate giving away her 7000th lollipop and waiting for her nightmare of a shift to end.

Maybe you're better off going to a smaller mall but considering it'll be on a Saturday it'll probably be even worse.

[Fire of the Phoenix]

Pretty much the definition of a helicopter parent. Something new all the time with these people. Apparently society always needs to cow to the needs of their widdle ookums, god forbid their little crotch fruit would ever adapt to the world around them, that would be outrageous.

That being said, that kid seriously needs to toughen up. Being catered to like that is not good for someone's long term development. Eventually mommy won't be around to protect junior from the big, mean world... then what?

[To Be Quite Honest]

Originally Posted by Daradon

The neighbours could comply in letter and not in spirit by making it a SEXY halloween! Rrrrrowrl!

Parents would love that.

Bewbies and Pecs everywhere!

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix

Pretty much the definition of a helicopter parent. Something new all the time with these people. Apparently society always needs to cow to the needs of their widdle ookums, god forbid their little crotch fruit would ever adapt to the world around them, that would be outrageous.

That being said, that kid seriously needs to toughen up. Being catered to like that is not good for someone's long term development. Eventually mommy won't be around to protect junior from the big, mean world... then what?

LOL

I'm not anywhere close to thinking that people need to tone down Halloween to accommodate scared kids, but your reaction is just too ridiculous to ignore. You sound like you were the scared kid whose mommy tried to help, but you just never came around, so she gave up on you, and now you're just mad at the world.

I feel sorry for your kids and grandkids for having the ultra hardass, scary & pissed off old grouch, knocking their heads together for being too scared to go into a room without a light on.

[Fire of the Phoenix]

Originally Posted by 4X4

LOL

I'm not anywhere close to thinking that people need to tone down Halloween to accommodate scared kids, but your reaction is just too ridiculous to ignore. You sound like you were the scared kid whose mommy tried to help, but you just never came around, so she gave up on you, and now you're just mad at the world.

I feel sorry for your kids and grandkids for having the ultra hardass, scary & pissed off old grouch, knocking their heads together for being too scared to go into a room without a light on.

Hit a nerve, did I?

Pretty descriptive for a personal attack, but maybe it's just that you're saying a little bit about yourself with your juvenile psychoanalysis of my life? Seems really well thought-out just to be insults, to me it sounds more like you're just sad deep down inside about something. Hopefully in time you can work through these issues, I am rooting for you.

Can I ask just one favor though? Maybe leave my kids out of your personal attacks next time? As hilarious as they were, you don't need to be saying #### about my family. Kind of creepy you'd even go there to be honest. There's many, many other ways you could've got your point across without bringing up my children.

[RougeUnderoos]

Spin this around the right way, and this story could show up on the news as one of them heartwarming stories.

"Five-year-old Brandon, seen here in his Minion costume, loves Halloween but still occasionally gets a little rattled by some of the scarier homes and decorations. This year, his parent's wrote a letter to the neighbours on their street, asking them to tone down the spookiness when they see him coming up the walk, and they made it his best Halloween yet...".

It might even get a few likes on the facebooks!

Going by this thread, if that was to happen, those people would be doing this child a grave (no pun intended) disservice. Instead, the right thing for his neighbours to do would be to scoff at the parent's letter and then go out of their way to scare the #### out of this kid to "toughen him up". And then one day he'll come across as a real hardass on the internet too!

[doctajones428]

I used to get scared going to certain houses as a kid. I would either man up and go to the door or just move on to the next house. The end.

Asking the whole neighbourhood to tone it down is ridiculous

[combustiblefuel]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Some of the decorations people put up now are quite scary for the little ones. I think the inflatable color ones are good, but in our area someone has a two headed demented baby on the lawn. WTF.

Common sense is the ask here.

Don't take your kid to that house then. Common sense . candy is a health killer . Your kid does not need a pillowful of candy. Juat skip the ones you dont see fit, if anything they are doinfg a public health service.

[Hatter]

Although I appreciate the parent trying to make the festivities inclusive for their child, this letter seems to put the burden of this child's needs on the neighbourhood rather than themselves.

A better solution would be explaining to the child that Halloween is just for fun, or just avoiding the houses which decorate too scary. Perhaps let the youngster point out the houses he or she would like to skip.

[Drummer]

In other news all school zones are playground zones and all playground zones are in effect until 9pm. Something about how it's "better this way"

[Russic]

This family probably wouldn't appreciate one of my neighbours. We strolled up to a house with some awesome Walking Dead pumpkins, then while my kids are getting their candy I look over and see this guy creeping from the side of the house.

Spoiler!

It's just awesome. He's kind enough to know a 3 year old might not appreciate having to deal with that walking up to him, but still fun enough to creepily walk up and down the street.

As it's been said: Halloween is not hard to manage if you're using common sense.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

Don't take your kid to that house then. Common sense . candy is a health killer . Your kid does not need a pillowful of candy. Juat skip the ones you dont see fit, if anything they are doinfg a public health service.

It was on the lawn where anybody walking by can see it, he never said anything about going to the house.

[photon]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I feel sorry for your kids and grandkids for having the ultra hardass, scary & pissed off old grouch, knocking their heads together for being too scared to go into a room without a light on.

But they have to learn to deal with real life!! How else will they deal with the day to day interactions with zombies, skeletons, and ghosts!?

I'd rather my kids be over-protected a bit than turn out as raging jerks.

Originally Posted by Hatter

Although I appreciate the parent trying to make the festivities inclusive for their child, this letter seems to put the burden of this child's needs on the neighbourhood rather than themselves.

A better solution would be explaining to the child that Halloween is just for fun, or just avoiding the houses which decorate too scary. Perhaps let the youngster point out the houses he or she would like to skip.

I agree, and maybe if someone suggested that to the parents they'd agree too. Sometimes you get too close to a situation to be able to step back and see obvious or better solutions, especially in a stressful or difficult situation.

[calgaryblood]

Originally Posted by codynw

Halloween is dying anyways. My house got 150+ kids ten years ago. Now it's maybe 20-30.

Halloween isn't dying, we aren't having as many kids as our folks did.

[troutman]

In the old days,

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other’s fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.

http://www.history.com/topics/hallow...y-of-halloween

[Royle9]

Here's a new one: ( I hope its fake )

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by calgaryblood

Halloween isn't dying, we aren't having as many kids as our folks did.

I also think that Halloween parties are taking the place of door-to-door trick-or-treating nowadays. It's safer, warmer, and probably just more fun in general.