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When I first heard this term, I thought is was related to some new D/s role play phenomena, but noooo! It's the new Easter Bunny/Tooth Fairy/Santa Claus. That's right parents! Now there is another lie for you to tell your children!
The story goes ...
The Switch Witch sneaks in Halloween night and replaces a child’s candy with a toy. The child needs to leave one piece of candy on the doorstep to let the Switch Witch know they want to give up their candy, and, when they go to bed, they need to leave their Halloween stash next to them. When the child wakes in the morning, the candy is gone and the Switch Witch has left a new toy!
Here's an idea parents ...
Teach your children moderation. One or two pieces a day. If they sneak candy from the stash then you throw the entire stash away.
Or better yet?
Keep your little urchin home on Halloween instead of parading them around the neighborhood in some ridiculously expensive costume that they'll wear for only a few hours in their entire life just so you can hear all of the neighbors say, "Awwww ... isn't little Johny adorable!"
And get off my lawn!
The story goes ...
The Switch Witch sneaks in Halloween night and replaces a child’s candy with a toy. The child needs to leave one piece of candy on the doorstep to let the Switch Witch know they want to give up their candy, and, when they go to bed, they need to leave their Halloween stash next to them. When the child wakes in the morning, the candy is gone and the Switch Witch has left a new toy!
Here's an idea parents ...
Teach your children moderation. One or two pieces a day. If they sneak candy from the stash then you throw the entire stash away.
Or better yet?
Keep your little urchin home on Halloween instead of parading them around the neighborhood in some ridiculously expensive costume that they'll wear for only a few hours in their entire life just so you can hear all of the neighbors say, "Awwww ... isn't little Johny adorable!"
And get off my lawn!
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10 comments:
I totally agree. Helicopter parenting to the extreme. Ugh!
How 'bout if parents and their kids get together in the kitchen and make some Halloween treats instead of going out begging, er, trick or treating? That would be a way to control how much bad stuff they eat too, right? And it would be a good, wholesome family activity.
Jay
Trick or treating has lost it's original meaning. Give the kids some eggs and show them how to use them.
Back in my day we were allowed to go nuts during Halloween week and our parents just fed us healthy stuff the other 360 days of the year.
Life was much simpler back then. And my parents had a high tolerance for sugar-rush-kids.
The Switch Witch??? Who the hell came up with this?
I miss the days of celebrating the season.. Having a Halloween party, watching some spooky movies for a bit, then going out with a small group to get candy from the local neighborhood, and then bringing it all home to have the parents partition it all out so that you didn't overdose on the candy, and were able to go through your stash in moderation instead of one week!
Dana, Did you never take Cam trick or treating?
Really? Most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. What's scary is that these kids are going to be in charge when I'm old.
I don't see anything wrong with it. The kid gets to trick or treat and have fun doing that. Surely they will eat some candy before the night is through and then they get the anticipation of the toy when they wake up. Seems like the kid gets twice the fun and the parents will have to eat the candy in the interest of not wasting food :)
Halloween is my favorite holiday. I LOVE IT
Would not change a thing...
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