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Cutting down on the Halloween stash
The folks at Be Active North Carolina, who offer advice monthly here on TriangleMom2Mom, share some tips to cut down on that Halloween candy stash.
Q. I'm dreading Halloween and the huge stash of candy my child will get. Friends say I should just let them eat all of it. I just don't think they need so much. Any tips for how I can deal with this?
A. To limit how much they collect to begin with, consider trick-or-treating to be a time to get dressed up, take a walk, and show off their costumes. Stop by only a few houses, and let them pick what neighbors they visit. Once you get home, hide the candy—out of sight, out of mind! They can take have one piece a day with lunch or dinner. Some schools collect the candy and donate it to Ronald MacDonald House—check to see if your school does this or will do it and use the generosity of the holiday season as an excuse to take an extra long walk. If you really want to avoid the whole issue, host a party for the neighborhood kids with lots of traditional, fun fall activities: bobbing for apples, sack races, and so on. Make healthy snacks like popcorn balls. Check your town’s rules about trick-or-treating—in many communities, teenagers aren’t supposed to be out. Take them to pick out a pumpkin and do a corn maze instead. Make being active and enjoying the season the priority, and don’t let candy and sweets take over!
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Halloween is about to come make the most out of it especially to your kids. Spend this to that way your children want it to be. It is worth having an installment loans for the fun and excitement. Aside form halloween parties one-way to expose you children to outdoor activities are the summer camps. Summer camp – it's a long tradition of getting those rotten youngsters out of the house during summer so you can get some peace and quiet for once. Less precious little children who don't make life stressful in any way for their parents are going to summer camp with less frequency since the recession began, and the American Campfire Association has been lamenting this.