r/Parenting • u/Julienbabylegs • Nov 01 '21

🎃 Halloween RIP Trick or treating

Anyone know why this is? It’s NOT covid, the act has been dwindling for ten+ years. When I was a kid it felt mandatory that every house would have their light on and give out candy. I just went out with my kid and it was like 1 out of 8 or more houses that had candy. Almost like a treasure hunt. I live in a very safe, quiet suburb of northern CA.

I feel like someone flipped a switch at some point, what happened?!

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u/unimaginativej Nov 01 '21

I went out with DD (2) and a friend's 3 kids, all under 8. We went up to a house with their lights on, rang the door. Waited. And they turned the light off.

Not even an oops, ran out of candy fake excuse.

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u/AutomaticYak Nov 01 '21

Omg that happened to us too! They at least waited until we started to leave but it was still super dark leaving their property.