My two sons, now 14 and 15, used to love trick-or-treating. I didn't realize how much I loved going with them until they stopped wanting to go. This year, I'll be handing out candy on the front porch ...

When my children were little, I was deeply irritated by older kids—kids that I arbitrarily decided were “too old” to trick-or-treat—coming to my door on Halloween. Didn’t they have better things to do ...

DENVER — As millions of children across the country prepare to trick or treat this Halloween, a familiar topic is back in the cultural conversation. How old is too old to go trick-or-treating on ...

Millions of children and homeowners will soon be engaging an ancient and bizarre ritual. Children, dressed in fantastic costumes, will besiege homes and demand free candy. Residents will typically ...

THIS EVENING. OH MY GOODNESS, CHRIS, I THINK HE HAS MORE SWEDISH FISH THAN HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH ONE OF HIS FAVORITE CANDIES. LIKE YOU SAID, HIS MOM PUT OUT THE WORD ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THIS WAS A ...

It's spooky season and with Halloween just days away, trick-or-treaters are likely getting antsy about hitting the town for their sweet fill. For decades, dialogue about tampered candy has circulated ...

Halloween night, around 9 o’clock. Perhaps even later. The wind whips, the branches wave. The candy bowl is empty. The doorbell has not rung for 90 minutes. And then… DING DONG! What infernal hell ...

The saying "The days are long but the years are short" is never truer than when I'm looking back at Halloweens past. Before I was a mom, I used to sit on the front porch handing out candy to the ...