Members Tips: Trick Or Treating
 Wandering
around after dark and knocking on strangers' front doors isn't the safest
way to spend an evening. How can you make sure your children have a safe
and fun Halloween? See what our members suggest...
Singing for your supper
'Guising has been a scottish tradition for years
and years and years the difference is you have to do a turn (memorise
a poem, sing a song, tell jokes) to get a treat. It is much nicer than
trick or treat and more enjoyable.'
Thanks to Raisingkids' Member Monkay
Keep in contact, keep your distance
'My basic rules are for your children to go in
a biggish group and not to go anywhere where you don't know the people
who live in the neighbourhood. You can always sort out a relay of friends
and ask them to call you after the gang has shown up on the doorstep.
That way you can keep track of their movements without looking too mean.'
Thanks to Raisingkids' Member Anna
'My suggestion is that if a group of kids wants
to trick or treating, then maybe the parents could take turn in, from
a reasonable distance, keeping an eye on them to make sure all's well.
The distance aspect is very important, as kids get easily embarassed.'
Thanks to Raisingkids' Member Milly
'My family knows every one of the neighbours
they visit and in turn their families also visit our house with their
children. We didnt start this tradition with our children until our eldest
was about 5 and we had by then settled in this area and knew all the neighbours
well, who knows whose door you could be knocking on otherwise! '
Thanks to Raisingkids' Member TWoodford
Sparkler safety
'I let my three year old watch sparklers all the
time. I stick them in a an orange and keep him well back he loves it and
there is no danger.'
Thanks to Raisingkids' Member Monkay
More ideas?
Please let us know!
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