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Witzend Fri 01-Nov-24 08:56:45

To my Gdcs (aged 4-9) it’s just a really fun night of dressing up and going out after dark to collect sweets. Where they live a lot of houses participate/decorate, and a whole troop of children go around together - usually accompanied at least by dd, dressed as a witch with a green face! SIL stays at home, in a skeleton suit, to dish out sweets to callers.

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M0nica Fri 01-Nov-24 08:45:44

i do not think it is real to young children. Many fairy tales, and some other children's stories are quite gruesome and I do not really think, even quite small children take these things seriously.

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Clawdy Fri 01-Nov-24 08:13:44

Some of the older kids did look a bit gruesome last night! Most of the little ones were witches or wizards though.

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trish29 Thu 31-Oct-24 22:42:58

Am I being over-sensitive? The costumes I’ve seen around my neighbourhood tonight are totally inappropriate for young children, I feel. Blood and gore, knives, cleavers etc and lots of really scary stuff. Fun for teenagers and adults maybe, but not for younger children. Or am I out of touch? It just seems wrong to expose such young children to the more extreme end of this Halloween dressing up festivity. I’m glad my 6 year old granddaughter wasn’t around.

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