Comments on: Monday Teeny Poll

By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:01:22 +0000

I think I need to rent me some children. What kind of a haul are we looking at for a typical six-year-old nowadays? When I was little we’d get one big egg or bunny and maybe two dozen little ones, which would last maybe three days at the outside. I realized times had changed when my stepmother gave her children ROLLERBLADES for Easter, but that was the Eighties…What now? iPods?

By: Glinda

Glinda — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:55:11 +0000

I tried to include birthdays and such with the catch-all “celebrations” term.

And it isn’t ME that gives him candy, it’s everyone ELSE.

By: gamma

gamma — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:38:44 +0000

We try to go light on the candy, and then let them consume it at their own pace. Except Halloween, which brings obscene amounts of sugar, so we practiced rationing.

By: Annalucia

Annalucia — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:36:41 +0000

The Annalucia has but one child left at home, the ten-year-old Riccardino, and while he will trick-or-treat and receive candy during parties, he does not actually eat much of it. It is the Annalucia’s custom to (1) let him have what he wants (2) filch out the chocolate for herself (yes, yes, she knows she should not do this) and (3) throw out the rest. Most of it is cheap anyway, and not worth the eating.

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:28:56 +0000

I let them gorge themsleves on it to get out out of the house asap. We never have candy at home anyway if it’s not a “candy holiday” (Halloween, Valentine’s Day and Easter) There is no virtue here - it’s my who has husband has no self control!

I find birthhday party goody bags and school party junk to be much worse, those get tossed as soon as we get home, so whatever they want they must be consumed immediately.

By: Krista

Krista — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:44:10 +0000

My oldest son is highly allergic to food dye, and doesn’t really eat candy anyway, so we just don’t get any. Since it is a bad and very visible allergy, all grandparents and friends are very respectful of this. My youngest doesn’t seem to mind getting money and small gifts at the holidays instead of candy, and at Halloween we trick or treat for UNICEF.

By: Awesome Mom

Awesome Mom — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:58:33 +0000

We pretty much give as little to the kids and as much as possible to us.