Have you heard of the "Switch Witch"

[savannah11]

I know of it because we have friends who use it. I just tell my kids they can have one piece of candy and put the rest of it out of sight. Within 2 days they have forgotten all about it. No replacement needed.

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Whatever works for your family.

[mmmomof2]

Dd is 3, no way am I letting her eat over 2 pounds of candy. Even if it's over several months it starts a precedent.

We have a local pediatric dentist that buys the candy for $1 a pound. It goes to deployed military.

[Roc A Bee]

If parents don't want their kids to have tons of candy, why not take them trick or treating to fewer houses?

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Nov 5, 2012 0:36:31 GMT -5 Roc A Bee said:

If parents don't want their kids to have tons of candy, why not take them trick or treating to fewer houses?

I don't do switch witch, I just take her candy because she doesn't notice. She's 2.5. She has long forgotten about it at this point. Right now its sitting in my car because I'm going to take it to school this morning and use it in my rewards jar.

That being said. The ToTing was her favorite part. She has already forgotten about the candy, but she STILL tells stories about houses we pass as we leave the neighborhood from Halloween night. She loved going door to door and talking to everyone lol. She's a little ham.

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Nov 4, 2012 22:12:37 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Omg LOL. It's not like it's some draconian torture practice. No kid (especially really young ones) needs a thousand pieces of candy.

Seriously! I have been puzzled by some of these responses.

[whitepicketfence]

I've never heard of it.

I doubt we'll do this in our house because, honestly, I'd rather just hide the excess candy and toss it when the kids forget about/get tired of it (if DH and I don't eat it first, LOL). I don't get all the pearl clutching here though either. It's not that big of a deal.

[joenali]

Nov 5, 2012 7:39:01 GMT -5 @barefootbarista said:

Nov 4, 2012 21:01:57 GMT -5 joenali said:

Switch Witch, a euphemism for lazy parenting.

This is ridiculous.

You did see that I put a "wink" at the end of that statement, correct?

[blueshirt2003]

I haven't heard of this before.

[ejpint]

I've seen friends do this. Not a terrible idea, but can't you just ration the candy?

[Deleted]

I love this idea. I would take all the good candy and hide it and give the Switch Witch all the candy I don't like....Mary Janes and all that bullshit.

[h]

I am thrilled that Halloween is one holiday that doesn't come with the expectation of new toys. No way in hell am I going to change that. The candy can be rationed. I am actually more concerned about my kids having too many toys than too many sweets (thanks largely to grandparents that have made sure they are sufficiently spoiled in the toy department).