Rags
Katiebee, I’m not suggesting that Halloween should not be a fun holiday for kids, but there’s just something wrong when they bring home so much candy that you don’t know how to get rid of it! Just who is benefiting from all of this? The candy companies for sure not to mention dentists for those who can afford to go! I just ask that you explore some opportunities with your kids by sharing some stories like the one about Rachel Beckwith. She’s the little 9-year old Bellevue girl who wanted to raise $300 for safe drinking water for African villages by asking friends and relatives to donate money instead of giving her birthday gifts. Tragically, she was killed in an auto accident last year (two months after her birthday). In her memory and dedication to her cause, over $1 million dollars was raised. This is just one example of a child who chose to do something bigger than herself—there are so many like the kids who trick or treated for money for medical expenses for a classmate who was receiving a kidney transplant, the shooting victim in Renton, etc. etc. It’s obviously your choice how you want to raise you children, and all I’m suggesting is that you give them choices.