“Children’s safety during Halloween is incredibly important”, said Melissa King, DO, medical director of Dayton Children’s Urgent Care.
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Watch for cars that are turning or backing up.
Plan your route and share it with your family. It can be exciting to be wandering the streets on their own, dressed up in scary costumes, which is why your kids need to be reminded to be careful. “You put anything in a colorful way and kids might eat it”, said one parent. Only older kids should be allowed to trick-or-treat without an adult.
“All proceeds from ticket sales go to our Kiwi Programme, helping us raise more baby kiwi to go out into the wild”. So, light up the kids.
Add reflective tape to costumes and trick-or-treat bags.
This year at all Wegmans stores, shoppers can find a helpful list of allergens in all the name-brand candy that they carry at the supermarket.
Once you get home, check every piece of candy for anything that seems unusual. You could turn away in a moment of distraction and an injury could result. Darting back and forth across the street is very unsafe. Don’t stop at dark houses. On Friday, trick-or-treat hours will be 4-8 p.m.; on Saturday, from and noon-4 p.m. Want to do something a little closer to home?
In fact, Rae said families show up in truckloads to trick-or-treat in the neighborhood. Parole officers team up with local police to conduct random visits and compliance checks across the state to make sure sex offenders follow strict guidelines for Halloween.
And here’s a neat trick.
Halloween is all about the candy for thousands of children across the country. In essence, it is dream come true for kids. Depending on the weather, mittens and hats may be in order. With Pinterest and Facebook groups offering a plethora of easy ideas and at-home life hacks, there’s no shortage of ways to save money (and stress!) while sending your child out in style.
“This is a way for us to ensure that those children are safe, because we know who they are and we are monitoring them”, said Programmed Supervision Unit Manager for TDOC District 10, Janet Burgess. The CPD also recommends trick-or-treaters pitch any fresh fruit.
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Kathy Lynn is a professional speaker and author of Vive la Différence, Who’s In Charge Anyway? and But Nobody Told Me I’d Ever Have to Leave Home.
