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MAKING A REALISTIC TREAT PLANS FOR HALLOWEEN
Halloween can be tricky. Do you set limits? Do you let kids decide how much to eat? There isn’t just one right answer.
Kids who generally eat just a couple of pieces and save the rest may be trusted to decide how much to eat. But if your child tends to overdo it, here’s some helpful tips to support creating some limits.
* Before kids go trick-or-treating, try to serve a healthy and filling meal so they’re not hungry when the candy starts coming.
* Consider being somewhat lenient about candy eating on Halloween, within reason, and talk about how the rest of the candy will be handled afterward.
* Encourage your kids to be mindful of the amount of candy and snacks eaten and to stop before they feel full or sick.
* If you’re concerned about the overload of candy, consider buying back some or all of the remaining Halloween candy. This acknowledges the candy belongs to the child and provides a treat in the form of a little spending money. You could let them trade in their Halloween candy for something they have been wanting, like a video game, book, toy, trip to the movies, etc.
* Educate your little trick-or-treaters to not accept, and especially, not to eat anything that isn’t commercially wrapped.
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