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Parenting · by Aoife Murphy · 2026-10-30

Trick-or-treat tomorrow: how are you handling the candy haul?

Every family seems to have a different system: eat it all in a week, a candy fairy that swaps it for a toy, two pieces a day, or total free-for-all for one night. We're trying to avoid it becoming a daily negotiation into December. What's your house policy, and do your kids actually stick to it?

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Sleepy Comet · 1 likes

they pick their 10 favorites to keep, the rest gets traded for a book. my 7yo negotiates like a hedge fund manager

Lotte Jansen · 1 likes

my policy is the parent tax. all the peanut butter cups are mine

Cedar Noodle · 0 likes

we just let them go wild on the night. one stomachache teaches more than any rule I could make