#the year after that i was in college – @catwingsthespatula on Tumblr

if a teenager is at your door and they are wearing a costume!! please give them candy!! they are still in it for the halloween spirit and it honestly no different from a little kid in a costume. they are just as excited and happy as all the other lil tykes and dont you dare tell them they are “too old for trick-or-treating” because that will literally break their hearts and that’s not cool.

Its getting close to Halloween again so I just thought I’d reblog this again

And if “don’t be rude to teenagers over a stupid jawbreaker” isn’t enough for you, consider

You can’t tell how old a kid is just by looking. I’ve known multiple 5th graders who were taller than I am, and I’m 25 years old. With their faces hidden by masks, you won’t be able to tell they’re elementary schoolers, but they still are.
Lots of older siblings are expected to take their younger siblings trick-or-treating, and they only get paid in candy.
You don’t know if that teenager is developmentally disabled.
You don’t know if that teenager spent most of their childhood in a hospital or sick and has never had the traditional trick-or-treat experience before.
You don’t know if this is that teenager’s first Halloween in America, and they just want to experience a piece of American culture.
You don’t know if that teenager ever gets candy any other day of the year.
You don’t know if that teenager has eaten anything at all today.

And those are just things I can think of off the top of my head.

thebaconsandwichofregret

and even if it is just a bored 16/17 year old out trying to see what free shit they can get. is it really gonna kill you to give them a fun sized milky way from the multipack you bought at poundland? That thing didn’t even cost you 5p, just give the kid the sugar, say “nice costume”, and let it go.

There are worse things a teenager could be doing on Halloween instead of trick-or-treating.

fangirltothefullest

It’s been kind if an unspoken rule in my college town that if college students show up at your door in costume you give them candy because they’re also out to have fun and it’s way nicer for the students to trick or treat instead of going out and getting drunk. It’s also a way for the people who don’t want to party and don’t want to drink to have fun so like, we need to stop getting angry at people older than 6 wanting to dress up and get candy.

Heck, we even offer the parents a bit of candy too! It’s all good fun~!

fymo-blogs

Fr, I always hate the ‘you’re too old for trick or treating’ bullcrap.

#ALL OF THIS #i was that developmentally disabled 17-year-old out trick-or-treating by the way #my sister was 14 and it was the first year we’d gone just us instead of with a parent to make sure we didn’t get lost #it was also the last #the year after that i was in college #(and had a lot of fun with my also autistic best friend/roommate)#(but still)#no one gave me a hard time but i hear about people judging teenagers for trick-or-treating and it breaks my heart #literally what are they doing wrong #even if they don’t have any specific reason beyond loving halloween and wanting to participate in a beloved holiday tradition #for a little longer than someone else thinks they should #what’s the harm?#obviously if they’re not respecting the little kids around them that’s an issue but otherwise?#let it go. they’ll stop when they’re ready.#halloween #trick or treating #kids #teenagers #society