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marle217 t1_iur721v wrote

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I've been hearing a lot of complaints that Halloween wasn't like it was in the 80s. (Or whenever, but I'm old and remember the 80s) Usually complaining about things like trunk or treats, or my community changed trick or treat to be on Sunday this year and earlier in the day, which meant that little kids could do the trick or treat in daylight. When I was a kid, trick or treat was always on Halloween, rain or snow, and in the dark. And often parents would be in the car to follow you slowly and drive you past the dark houses to the next clump of candy houses. But that was all incredibly dangerous. We're doing some better things now, though we also have bigger cars that make it harder to even see children crossing the street. I really hope we learn to take car safety seriously. We do so much else for children's safety, but cars are by far the leading cause of death under 18.

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