With more than $12 billion spent on Halloween in 2023, experts warn that the holiday’s growing scale also amplifies the need for basic safety measures. Halloween night is one of the most exciting ...

It's spooky season and with Halloween just days away, trick-or-treaters are likely getting antsy about hitting the town for their sweet fill. For decades, dialogue about tampered candy has circulated ...

Editor's note: This is our friendly annual reminder that kids go trick-or-treating on Oct. 31. When should my kids go trick-or-treating? Every year, I ask that and end up having to look it up online ...

My two sons, now 14 and 15, used to love trick-or-treating. I didn't realize how much I loved going with them until they stopped wanting to go. This year, I'll be handing out candy on the front porch ...

When my children were little, I was deeply irritated by older kids—kids that I arbitrarily decided were “too old” to trick-or-treat—coming to my door on Halloween. Didn’t they have better things to do ...

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This is a public service announcement so you can avoid being the neighborhood “Karen” or whatever the male equivalent may be: Don’t turn teenagers away on Halloween. Give them candy, no questions ...