Even a half century ago, the first thing we did was throw out anything not factory packaged. Homemade treats and fresh fruits and vegetables went straight in the garbage can.
These parents probably need a visit from CPS and some parenting skills training.
I live on a private street and there’s no trick or treating. Nobody does it. We have few kids in our complex and they make their own arrangements. I donate bags of candy for the church Harvest Party which is always the Friday before the 31st. I buy the candy at Rite Aid which has a great variety of candy, two for five dollars. Come to think of it, I didn’t see any Halloween candy with peanuts there, no Pay Pal bars. I didn’t buy any bags of candy with peanuts probably because the store didn’t have them out.
Not in the small town where I grew up 50+ years ago, all the grandmother and auntie types who loved children started baking about 3 days before Hallowe’en. Homemade dough-naughts, popcorn balls, choc chip cookies made real butter, fudge, divinity, cupcakes, popcorn balls, rice crispy bars, candied apples, all those wonderful delicious yummy things! If our parents took some of those treats away, it was because they intended to eat it themselves, certainly not throw it away. The idea of poisoning a child was so far removed from anyone’s mind in those days; those days when houses were left unlocked, keys left in the ignitation, where a child was free to run and play on summer evenings until the street lights came on — and ride her bicycle for miles and miles, sans helmet of course, and every morning, after the pledge of allegiance, the teacher led the class in prayer.
Even a half century ago, the first thing we did was throw out anything not factory packaged. Homemade treats and fresh fruits and vegetables went straight in the garbage can.
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In the ‘40s and early ‘50s, when I was a kid, our neighbors gave out popcorn balls, candied apples on sticks and fresh fruits, along with hard candy and wrapped candy.
Of course, back then, everyone in the neighborhood for blocks around knew all of the kids and there was not the paranoia that pervades today’s communities, which forces people to ignore their neighbors.
Amazing what a difference there is between the old radio only days and today! People actually visited their neighbors and their kids played together... outside, without supervision.