Readers Respond: How Do You Manage Your Kid's Halloween Candy?

Responses: 4

How do you manage your kid's Halloween candy?

Your kid's will likely return home from trick-or-treating with a mountain of Halloween candy. We all know how damaging candy can be to our teeth, how should parents deal with the Halloween candy their kid's bring home?

If you have a strategy for managing your kid's Halloween candy, share your tips and tricks with readers that might be looking for suggestions on how to save their kid's teeth this Halloween.

Hide it

Since my son is only 2 and score way too much candy for his little teeth to handle, I just hid his pumpkin with the candy in it and he seems to have forgotten about it. When I'm sure he won't melt down if I throw it away, that's exactly what I'm going to do. (Daddy's been sneaking it, lately!)

—Kelly_Roell

Halloween Fairy

On Halloween night I allow my daughter to have a few pieces of candy. After she goes to bed the "Halloween Fairy" comes and leaves her a surprise (usually a stuffed animal) in exchange for her Halloween candy. Now she has a stuffed animal to commemorate each Halloween of her life!

—Beth2191

One Week Limit

I allow my children to manage their own candy consumption for a period of one week. Because of my low-key attitude, my children do not pig out on the candy. Once the week is over, all the leftover candy heads to the trash.

—Guest BBB

Communal Candy

For the first 24 hours everyone is allowed to keep their candy in their own bag (but not in their rooms, all candy stays in the kitchen), so they can enjoy their favorite stuff. But after that we dump it all in a big bowl, which again is kept in the kitchen. No one is supposed to eat any without asking. "Supposed to" are the key words here. Anyway, the candy mysteriously disappears on a gradual basis while the kids are at school, usually within a week or so. The kids think we eat it, but I just throw it out.

—LaureenBrunelli