What surprised me this year was the number of teenagers-—yes, TEENAGERS!—who had parents with them!! The parents didn’t come to the door, and weren’t in costume, but still...
If my parents insisted on accompanying me when I was a teenager I would’ve died of embarrassment and not gone trick or treating at all!
Weird!!
Teenagers shouldn’t be trick or treating at all. My rule here is that the kid must be shorter than my front gate. But it doesn’t matter anymore, as I haven’t seen trick or treaters in my neighborhood for 5+ years. I thought we’d get some this year, since we’ve had a few families move in with young kids, but no dice. At 7 I turned off the light and put the candy in the freezer. It probably has to do with those child molester flyers we get in the mailbox at least once a month, and 9 out of 10 of them are Hispanic. (Explain this to me...a nearby apartment complex lets these pedos move in there. There are two elementary schools within 4 blocks each way, and a bus stop right across the street from where they live.)
Half the kids who came to my door were with costumed parents. Scary to open the door and see a costumed 6 foot clown (with child clown). I wouldn't open the door if no kids were with 6 foot costumed adults!