Over the past week after Halloween, I heard many adults tell teens that they shouldn’t have gone trick or treating. Trick or treating is a fun tradition that I remember waiting for all year long as a kid. But as I’ve gotten older, less and less of my friends are actually going including myself. My mom told me that by the time she turned 14 years old, she rarely ever went trick or treating again until she had me. Somewhere along the line people start to think that Halloween is just for little kids and it’s weird or strange for teens to trick or treat.
Many adults that I’ve heard are complaining about teens trick or treating because of a common stereotype of teenagers being up to no good at all times. On the contrary, encouraging teens to trick or treat can promote safer environments. When teens are going around neighborhood to neighborhood instead of going to parties where there could be dangerous people or dangerous situations, they are just getting candy and having fun with friends.
Many teens every year take time to make their outfit to be whatever they want it to be. Having this form of expression is very important for teens to have, especially in high school. Halloween is a chance to be yourself when usually blending in is the norm.
Trick or treating doesn’t suddenly magically become unfun the second you turn 13 years old. In fact, trick or treating starts to become even more fun as you enter high school, especially where we live. In Peachtree city, going out and getting candy on Halloween is even more fun. Teens 15 and older have access to driving golf carts throughout the thousands of miles of golf cart paths. This makes trick or treating even better for older teens because they can go to one neighborhood and get tons of candy, and easily drive to the next for even more fun.
Next year, I encourage you to make plans with your friends, get fun costumes and find the best neighborhood so you can have as much fun, get as much candy as you can get.
