Comments on: Have a Safe Halloween: Don’t Forget to Check Your Candy

By: Carl Weaver

Carl Weaver — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:31:40 +0000

Diet – I hear you. When we were very young, my parents took us out trick-or-treating but that ended quite early and my brother and I went on our own. And I remember playing a lot as a kid until dinnertime with no adult supervision. It seems like a lot of kids don’t have this kind of unstructured time anymore and for a number of reasons.

I think a lot of the dangers out there have not changed from when I was a kid. I think they are just more visible. There is a different perception of the nature and severity of some risks.

By: Diet

Diet — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:11:15 +0000

Isn’t it a real shame that we have to worry about our kids all the time? Remember the good old days when our parents knew we were safe in our own neighbourhood? How I wish we could go back to those days…

By: Carl Weaver

Carl Weaver — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:39:17 +0000

Dr. Joel Best says:

“Since 1983, I have followed stories about contaminated Halloween treats in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune going back to 1958, and every time a case has been reported, the cause of death or injury has turned out to be something other than Halloween candy.”

Dr. Best is a sociologist who has studied Halloween candy tampering stories. See this link:
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/01-02/halloweentreats102802.html

However, it never hurts to be vigilant. It’s important to know the truth about many of these stories, though.

By: Mary@Belleville Monster Invasion

Mary@Belleville Monster Invasion — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:30:23 +0000

We try to hit all the Halloween safe stops like the local area schools, libraries, police and fire stations. You certainly cannot be too careful. Our hospitals will also scan the candy for free to ensure it doesn’t contain harmful objects.

By: Dr. Robyn Silverman

Dr. Robyn Silverman — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:20:54 +0000

I agree that it’s important to stay in a familiar area that is child-friendly. Most child-friendly neighborhoods know that candy should be wrapped in original wrappers (even though it’s not very green!) to ensure a greater degree of safety. While tampering is rare, all parents still need to be vigilant.

In my blog, I was also thinking about some similar topics and wrote about 10 top safety tips that parents and children should review before the big day. In it, I mention that we need to make sure that children eat something before going out in order to deter them from eating the candy before we can look at it. There are some other really important ideas in it as well– if you’d like to take a look!

http://drrobyn.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/dr-robyn%E2%80%99s-halloween-safety-tips-for-families/

Enjoy your day!

Dr. Robyn

By: Chic Gal

Chic Gal — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:17:16 +0000

Seems that now so many malls, churches and other establishments throw Halloween parties to keep our kiddos safer on Halloween. I had very few visitors last year from my own neighborhood. Vans and trucks pulled up with loads of kids who were obviously from other areas of town. I’m so glad that their families think to bring them to neighborhoods where they know the candy will be safe.