I have had many people express to me that I have unfairly taken away from my kids childhood by never have taken them "trick-or-treating". I mean I guess it IS YOUR opinion...regardless of how asinine and ignorant it may be ;).
First, let me start of by explaining a few thing (I don't feel it's actually necessary) but here we go. Have you seen the sex offender sites online? Do you check them frequently to see what type of people are actually living close to your children? I have. There are 4 men accused of rape, another handful of men charged with child molestation and child pornography, and a huge handful of perverts who look up kids online and expose themselves to children as well. I'm not sure about you, but I'm not sure I'd want these fu***** perverts handing out candy to my sweet princess and two ninja turtles! Even though there are rules in place that don't allow them to participate in beggars not...well...there are also rules that say you can do what you've so clearly done and been charged for. So please forgive me for not wanting to dress up my children and parade them around the neighborhood for all the sick perverts to stare at.
Secondly, let's talk about other types of sick f**** that prey on kids as well. Haven't you heard about people putting poison, drugs, and sharp things in candy? The "I feel the candy first" excuse won't cut it either. How can you "feel" if a candy bar is full of a substance? I don't think there is a worse way to "take away from my kids childhood" than by having to rush them to the ER because they overdosed on tampered candy or God forbid something worse. So if letting your kids take candy from strangers (something we drill into their heads not to do) is ok then don't be surprised if that same kid is lured by some freak in a windowless van passing out free candy. You've told them it's ok....you're the problem!
Third, let's talk about other safety issues. It's dark, there are a LOT of reckless teenagers and adults with very low IQ's and a very high amount of stupidity, and let's not even mention the idiots who speed through the neighborhoods. I've seen parents of small children do it themselves...it's reckless. I feel that putting my child in that setting is simply asking for something bad to happen.
So please forgive me if I'd rather keep my children inside eating candy that I know is safe with guns in the safe for protection. Pease forgive me if I refuse to show off my kids in front of the neighborhood perverts, because they're probably loving Halloween. Please forgive me for refusing to take the chance on giving my kids candy from strangers that I do not know. Please forgive me for recognizing that we live in a disgustingly corrupt world with sick people who get off on hurting kids...we see it on the news every single day. Please forgive me for taking away from their childhood experience and ruining potentially happy memories. Please forgive me for not giving my kids an ungodly amount of candy to ruin their teeth and help raise the statistics for childhood obesity. Forgive me for being the best mom I can be...even if no one agrees with my decisions. I don't ever have anything to say about parents who take their kids out, or those moms who dress like sluts to take their kids door to door. What's that message? Just know that my decision for my kids will start them down a good path and when the time comes for them to choose to stay on that path or stray.....I just hope that my decisions will help them choose the right thing. We can never forget that everything we do impacts our kids lives. So why put them in a situation that could potentially scar them forever....or worse? Call me overprotective, but at least my kids are safe. And you are naive if you think being overprotective in today's world is a bad thing.
Things that could be done more safely years ago aren't necessarily safe or smart today. I don't sleep with my door unlocked or windows open like my mom used to do when she was a kid. Common sense people...it's not so common.
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