I read in Womans day that 91% admit to snitching candy from their kids. I will freely admit that if I am braving the cold and the rain I deserve recompense. I have trained my kids from an early age that they need to *pay me* for my time. I dont however take it w/out their knowledge and most the time they dont even mind cause I just want the junior mints and the almond joys, both of which are not a big hit for the kids. So what do you all do?

By Jackie on Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 10:00 pm:

Yes I eat their candy as well .. I go walking with them for trick or treating, so Im earning it as well..We all have our favorites, so nobody is really missing anything important..

By Vicki on Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 10:11 pm:

You bet I do!! I look at it as my motherly duty! I wouldn't want all of her teeth to rot!!

By Melanie on Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 10:37 pm:

Ditto Vicki! LOL.

By Emily7 on Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 11:23 pm:

I used to laugh because we were not allowed to eat our candy until we were at home & my parents *picked* through it. I do remember my dad always eating it before we got home, saying since he was the official candy checker it was his right. LOL
I eat ds's candy too, why ruin a family tradition?

By Tink on Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 11:43 pm:

I eat it and I do it without asking. Bad mommy!

By Kristie on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 01:00 am:

Thet polled the kids at DS grade school on this very subject. Heres what the kids said:
3% said that "My parents eat ALL my candy
42% said my parents eat NONE of my candy (sneaky parents)
10% said their parents eat their candy then buy them more
38% said their parents only eat the good stuff
7% said their parents say they don't but it disappears when they are sleeping.

I get the Recess Peanut Butter Cups
my best friend takes anything cinnamin (I can't stand the smell of cinnamin)
DH takes Kit Kats.
Our excuse is Russells kidney problems and he dosen't need all that chocolate. (he has never had problems with the kidneys scince surgery at 2 months old but thats my excuse)

By Palmbchprincess on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 01:26 am:

Hey, I plan on eating it this year. I mean who in their right mind lets 2 year olds have that much sugar?? Other than that, I try to buy a bag of candy to eat, might as well get fat on what I like rather than sort through a bunch of junk I don't like!!

By Trina~moderator on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 06:39 am:

I'm not much of a candy eater, except for chocolate. We have to pick through our DK's candy due to their severe nut allergies. I actually don't eat much of theirs, but I do make sure the candy I buy to pass out is stuff I won't mind eating if we have any left over.

By Happynerdmom on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 07:26 am:

Of course! Actually, they each pick out a few things that are definitely *theirs* like maybe some of the full-size candy bars, or whatever, then the rest of the candy goes together for the whole family to enjoy. (my big wok makes a perfect candy bowl!)

By Karen~moderator on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 07:41 am:

We picked through our kids' candy too, especially back when they had those razor blade scares - some of you probably don't remember those.

Then I picked through it so *I* could eat some of the candy *I* like. LOL

NOW - *someone* in the house has eaten about half the candy I bought for Halloween - and I think it's Jeff and Kat because I saw some on his dresser!

By Dawnk777 on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 07:49 am:

Yes, I eat my kids' candy! LOL!

By Ladypeacek on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 07:56 am:

Yep..but mostly the stuff i dont like the kids eating...or what they dont like...jawbreakers and almond joys...ect.. and i think we deserve it too..lol its cold out there!

By Kernkate on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 08:40 am:

Yep I do, but only the chocolate...LOL

By Eve on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 08:48 am:

Yes, me too. I just consider it a good lesson for sharing. LOL!

By Cat on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 08:52 am:

Karen, I remember the razor blade scare. Sad, but I do still go through the kids candy before they're allowed to have ANY of it. If anything is opened or looks tampered with it goes in the trash. I also throw out home made stuff (usually don't get much anymore). Then the kids take out what they don't like and give it to dh and me. I don't eat their candy without asking first. They're usually more than happy to share unless it's something they really like.

By Fraggle on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 09:17 am:

I sometimes eat a few pieces of their candy, but they usually offer it first (or I eat the stuff that they can not have because they are too little). We always have extra candy left over that we have given out, so I eat that first. I check my girls candy, but since they only go to houses on our street (about 15) I know everyone and don't have to worry too much about tampered candy.

By Insaneusmcwife on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 10:58 am:

I make the kids wait unil they get home unless it is handed to me by someone I know then I might let them eat a piece or two. I sort through and take out all the opened, poorly wrapped and other questionable stuff. I let the kids help me sort throught the rest as to what we are going to keep and then it all goes in a clear glass cookie jar (so I can monitor it better)and they are allowed 2 peices a day. I usually end up throwing away 1/2. If there is any left on Valentines day it goes in the garbage.

By Fionadeassis on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 11:06 am:

As long as they are too young to notice, I will sneak out candy. But as soon as they are older and notice and really appreciate what they have, then I will have to negotiate.....LOL...

fiona

By Bellajoe on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 11:22 am:

OF course both dh and I eat their candy. We sort through it and take out anything the kids can't eat, like Now and Laters and stuff like that...those are way to hard for their little teeth. Dh puts that stuff in a bag and takes it to work to share with the other guys there. We keep the rest. The kids can a have a piece or two a day. They don't mind if we take some. But sometimes i do sneak it anyway.

By Dawnk777 on Friday, October 29, 2004 - 08:37 pm:

Emily fully expects that we will eat her candy! LOL! We did buy some at Walmart to take the load off her candy. I don't want to eat all of it!

By Janet on Monday, November 1, 2004 - 12:30 pm:

Absolutely! We have a "Mom tax"--Mom gets her choice of the really good stuff in payment for taking her kids around trick or treating! My kids know that ALL Baby Ruths are MINE!! (They don't like them anyway)

By Cat on Monday, November 1, 2004 - 12:37 pm:

ROFL Janet! Here it would be a Dad Tax. He usually takes them and I hand out the candy. Too funny. Robin did just share a peanut butter nougat with me (he said he doesn't like them anyway!).

By Andyjoy on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 02:08 am:

That's funny about the "Dad Tax," because that's exactly what my dad called it! We were always more than happy to give my Dad candy as we trick-or-treated, because he would act as silly and excited as a 10-year-old boy (he's definately ADHD.)

My sister and I perfected our own system for Halloween candy. After my mom inspected all the candy for open/tampered with pieces, we would spread it out on the floor and trade with each other for our favorites. We'd put anything that we didn't like into a bowl and put it on the bookcase for whoever wanted it. Then we'd pick out a handful of our parents' favorites and give the candy to them. We took great pleasure in this. When we were about 7 & 9 and under, my mom would put our candy in two separate bowls on top of the fridge. We were allowed to have two pieces in our lunch each day. I know my mom & dad ate pieces of it, but they were always careful to eat equally from our two bowls, which was all that really mattered to us! When we were older, my mom let us take control of our own candy, because neither of us were big into pigging out on candy.

By Ilovetom on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 07:42 am:

I ate what I had left over.

Which has amounted to eating my weight is smarties so far.

By Karen~moderator on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 07:51 am:

Cat, I threw out homemade stuff also. You just never know............sad, but true........

By Kim on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 07:53 am:

I always check the kids candy. They can't have any that night until I scan it over really quickly. On Halloween night they can eat whatever they want.....natural consequence is a wonderful thing! HAHAHAHA! Then the day after and then on they get so many pieces only after they have eaten lunch and dinner.

My kids are pertty good about sharing. I always ask if I can have the candy. If they say no I don't. I ususally have some good stuff left in our bowl anyway.

By Cybermommyx4 on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 10:25 am:

They usually "donate" candy to Mom and Dad (usually what they don't like so much) but I wouldn't sneak their candy (or let DH do it!) because I feel that makes them want to gobble up all their good stuff at once in case it "disappears" before the next time they get to have some I don't want them to feel like they should hurry and eat it before someone else does. The funny thing is, with four kids, we have to do this with healthy food like yogurt. I will buy like 20 yogurts at at time (5 for each kid) and we put their names on them so no one hogs them all the first day. If you do eat them all at once, then you have none until the next shopping trip, but your siblings might have some and eat it in front of you! ;)

By Rayanne on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - 11:42 am:

I have to admit.....I did eat some of her candy. She can't eat it yet so someone had to.