Katybug
Senior Member
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
Living in a high rise condo bldg, tonight was my first participation in Halloween in over a decade, via my job -- Nanny duties for a divorced dad. Tonight my duties were to passing out candy while he took lil guy trick or treating. It was rough, so rough it's laughable! The next door neighbor friend came over and we went through a bottle of wine sitting on the front porch, and there were 4 big bowls of candy on the table in front of us for the kids to just pick up and take what they wanted.....like I said, it was a really tough evening! This is a very wealthy section and the homes are extremely close together, so this neighborhood is Utopia in Candyland! The kids from the burbs come in on buses and that is no exaggeration. Not a bad thing, you've just got to make sure you have enough candy!
Hey, it's Halloween so maybe it's all rules off.......There were lots of big kids who were at least a foot taller that I am and I resent the older teenagers coming, but what are you going to do? And so many who just walked up with no greeting whatsoever even when being spoken to & grabbed hand fulls of candy as fast as they could, then practically ran to the next house with no acknowledgment of appreciation....poor manners bug me to death. A "Happy Halloween" or "thank you" would have worked well, but so many of them were guilty of that -- and I always blame that on the parents.
One of the greatest things we can do as parents is emphasize the importance of good manners and last night was not a good example.
Hey, it's Halloween so maybe it's all rules off.......There were lots of big kids who were at least a foot taller that I am and I resent the older teenagers coming, but what are you going to do? And so many who just walked up with no greeting whatsoever even when being spoken to & grabbed hand fulls of candy as fast as they could, then practically ran to the next house with no acknowledgment of appreciation....poor manners bug me to death. A "Happy Halloween" or "thank you" would have worked well, but so many of them were guilty of that -- and I always blame that on the parents.
One of the greatest things we can do as parents is emphasize the importance of good manners and last night was not a good example.
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