3 so far..

[masma]

... Trick or Treaters that is. First couple, a boy and girl of about 5 years old, rang the bell at 6 ish, pitch dark outside. I complimented them on their outfits and gave them both sweets. I asked them if they had a grown up with them, they said no but the little lad had a phone 'To ring my dad and he'll get the police if anyone gets us' I told them to be careful and off they went. How can anyone sit indoors and let little children out on their own?

[EvianBaby]

A couple of my niblings are too Ummm. I saw my 10 year old nephew next to a couple of his school friends the other week. He's about a foot shorter and looks a lot younger.

[EDDIE51]

This explains exactly why I think Halloween is a lot more dangerous than firework night. Fireworks are far more controlled now and most people go to organised displays ( yes I an well aware of the AB antifirework brigade).
What on Earth persuades parents it is safe to allow small children out at night to go begging from door to door and threaten damage to property unless they get what they want. Every Halloween I am deading hearing that a small child has been abducted or abused .

[ummmm]

I can honestly say that I've never seen young children out unsupervised.

[McMouse]

We had so many young Trick or Treaters that we ran out of sweets and had to break into Mrs McM emergency stock of Maltesers.........she's not a happy bunny.

[masma]

ummmm do you think I'm making this up? In my opinion these tiny tots were 5/6 years of age, it's not only height that makes you guess a childs age but the way they talk/act. Just because you've never seen a child out unsupervised doesn't mean it's not happening.

[tonyav]

I think masma is going on the average height for an age.

[ummmm]

No, but I think you might be exaggerating!

And no, you can't always tell. I've often been shocked by a childs age, thinking they were much younger or much older.

[ummmm]

What is that then? The average height?

[tonyav]

Dunno, but I'm sure there is one.

[masma]

According to Google average height for a 5 year old girl is 42 inches, if anything these two were smaller than that! I am NOT exagerating, why would I bother? In fact why DO I bother?

[tonyav]

masma, you know what you saw that's all that matters imo.

[andy-hughes]

We hung out our lit pupkin head in the porch because we were having a Hallow-een party, and we got loads ot TOT'ers calling, all got sweets.

A few were obviously teenagers, but all the little ones either had an adult with them on the doorstep, or at the drive entrance a few feet away keeping an eye on them.

One chap - a Scot - said it was tradition for visitors to come in and tell a joke, so he and his daughter, about eight or so, came in and she told a couple of jokes and took some sweets, what a lovely idea if it's the custom there.

When our tribe went out to do their TOT'ing, several adults went along, not only to watch them, but to enjoy the fun - everyone around us is in the spirit, and they cam back with tons of sweets!

[masma]

Thanks Tony x

[tonyav]

Your welcome. x