Capri W.
Green Core
Initial Post
Kids should stop trick-or-treating in 8th grade. This is because middle school
age kids are at the point where they don't wear inappropriate costumes, they
don't use fear to terrorize small children for amusement, and they still fully
support the spirit of Halloween.
One reason is that kids in middle school still look forward to Halloween mainly
for the fun and spirit of it. Halloween is the one thing that doesn't go away
for middle schoolers, unlike the tooth fairy, the Easter bunny, and (of course)
Santa. Halloween is the one enjoyable holiday that we have left; so, we might
as well enjoy it and have some fun while we still can.
My next reason is that kids in middle school (hopefully) won't be cruel to
little kids just out of enjoyment, whereas high schoolers and older people will
be tempted to. Halloween is a holiday for little kids to enjoy too, so why be
tempted to ruin that for them? I remember that as a little girl walking the
streets of Newberg with all of my friends, high schoolers would often wear very
scary costumes that freaked us out and caused me to rethink trick-or-treating
altogether. Relate back to when you were five and six. Did u enjoy being scared
and tricked by high schoolers? Because I sure didn't. Anyways, I just think
that kids in middle school are young enough to think rationally about scary
costumes.
My final argument is that kids older than 8th grade often wear inappropriate
costumes. Whether it is meant as a joke or not, it still shouldn't be
happening. Little kids seeing older kids wearing inappropriate costumes and
doing inappropriate things makes them think that it is OK to do so. I think we
can all agree that this cycle can cause problems. Young kids should not have to
watch older kids be bad examples on their night of fun.
I'm not saying that Halloween is strictly for kids, but I am saying that
trick-or-treating should end in 8th grade. This is because of inappropriate
costumes later on, high schoolers using scary costumes to terrorize small
children (and even kids my age), and finally the fact that middle schoolers
still enjoy the actual spirit of Halloween.
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