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Trick or Treating is a well-known holiday tradition where kids go around in their costumes and get assortments of candy from houses, carrying them around in pillowcases, buckets, and other items. Parents may even walk around with their babies dressed up in strollers. But the real disturbance to the holiday is teenagers.
Dressing up for Halloween is fun for all ages, but trick-or-treating should be saved for the little ones. Teenagers are notorious for being disruptive, especially on holidays- stealing bowls of candy and decorations, vandalizing, toilet papering houses, and more. Teenagers seem to not be able to control themselves on Halloween due to pent up energy and peer pressure.
Lots of teens have jobs and their own personal source of income to purchase candy. Instead of going around and stealing candy that could be enjoyed by little ones, teens are very capable of going out and buying it themselves.
There are also plenty of other things to do during the month of October for an older crowd. Haunted houses and corn mazes have become very popular, and the one at Heaps only costs twenty dollars. There are even neighborhood-made ones that pop up every year, free of charge for the community.
Even if horror isn’t their thing, pumpkin patches are family-friendly places where teenagers can channel their inner child. Hay rides, farm animals, and U-Pick pumpkin patches are a perfect way to do something fun for the holiday that leaves candy for the little ones.
Teenagers also may not be interested in trick or treating at their age. Some might prefer a nice night in playing video games, watching tv, having a couple friends over, or even passing out candy.
Although free candy might be tempting for the older kids, those sweets should be left for the younger kids to experience the magic of dressing up and going door to door. There are plenty of other options that can let them celebrate Halloween without disrupting the tradition of trick-or-treating.

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As a kid the experience of going out every Halloween to trick or treat with family and friends, knocking on doors, and dressing up was memorable. It was one of the days we always looked forward to every year.
Although as time passes and we grow up, the mere tradition is suddenly too outdated for our age. Suddenly we are too old to dress up and go out to get candy. Now all we do is stay cooped up in our homes, doing nothing while our younger siblings and relatives go out and enjoy the day.
Trick or Treating isn’t just for young children; on the contrary, it’s a day to enjoy getting candy and dressing up. The simple act of dressing up isn’t childish. Instead it’s a way to have fun and wear something you’d never wear on a daily basis.
Since when has knocking on doors for candy and dressing up as a character become childish? You’re never too old to have fun and enjoy a day dedicated to the act of candy and fun costumes. There should be no restriction or definitive age on who can and can’t trick or treat. It should be something inclusive to all ages.
According to Evolve Adolescent Behavioral Health, they claim that trick or treating is a time when communities come together, and have a good time dressing up. For parents the idea that their teenagers want to go trick or treating is a sign that they want to hold onto their childhood for a little longer.
The whole point of trick or treating is to go out collecting candy while being able to dress up in whatever manner you choose You can go as early as 4 p.m. or as late as 8 p.m- there truly is no restriction, besides the curfew, for the way that it should be enjoyed.
Some might view it as an activity only meant for young children to get candy and run around having fun, that idealistic and nostalgic image of what Halloween day should look like, and what many children imagine it to be. And, yet, that’s all depending on how you view it, perceive it and enjoy it. For some that feeling of nostalgia and joy fades away with the coming of time.
Despite there being other options suited to our age demographic, like watching horror movies, and hanging out with friends, or simply doing nothing, there is nothing like the yearly tradition of going out for candy during a chilly October afternoon day.
The feeling of going door to door, and knocking for some candy, holding your trick or treat bag tightly in your hands while you walk around your neighborhood with friends and family is one of pure joy. The overall experience of getting to see other people dressing up and scaring other people, is one that truly has no age restrictions.