It’s a horrible thought that someone would use this entertaining holiday to do abominable acts to unsuspecting children and adults, but those people are out there and it’s important to take steps to ensure your family’s safety this Halloween.

By following these simple tips your sure to have a happy, entertaining, and safer Halloween.

Halloween Tips to Keep your Kids Safe While Trick Or Treating

• Make sure your children know not to eat any candy until they get home and you’ve had a chance to inspect it.
• Halloween may be about ghosts and goblins but make sure they have on some kind of bright clothing, reflectors, or carry a flashlight. (Glow sticks are a fun way to accomplish this.)
• Plan a safe route for them.
• Only accept candy from known neighbors, friends, and family.
• Buddy system – if your kids are at an age where they will be out by themselves make sure they plan on doing their mischievousness with at least two other friends.
• Bring a cell phone – In this day in age staying in touch is easier then ever so hand over one of your cell phones to keep track of the little rascals. (Note to readers, even I cringed at the thought of this but it is helpful.)
• Masks, although fun, can impair vision so keep that in mind when purchasing.
• Never, Never enter the house of a stranger.
• Your child will be exposed to fire in every pumpkin they encounter, so make sure there costume is as fire resistant as possible. (Many makeups, hair colors, silly string, and props can be quite flammable.)
• Fill them up before they go. If they’re hungry they are much more likely to secretly munch on candy before getting back home. (Anything will do, you know the basics-worms, eyeballs, bat wings.)
  
• Finally go over the basics with them. Look both ways before crossing the street, don’t talk to strangers, don’t except gifts from strangers, don’t play with fire. (Wow Halloween is scary…)

How to Check Your Child’s Halloween Candy for Tampering

If your child or children will be going to unknown homes this year for bags of free candy it’s important to inspect their bounty before they move on to sugar induced rampages and late night stomach aches.

We’ve come up with some tips and tricks to help you identify any possible issues and what to look for.

• Home made treats should be discarded.
• Fruit although delicious and nutritious should also be discarded. (Probably won’t see any complaints from this one.)
• Any open, torn, or unpackaged treats should be discarded.
• Check the packaging thoroughly for pinholes.
• Check the packaging thoroughly for rips or tears.
• Discoloration can be sign of not only being old and outdated but may have been submerged in something.
• Look for the possibility of foreign objects in the treats such as needles, pills, or chocking hazards.
• Look for powders or dusts on the candy and wrappers.

While the possibility of your child’s candy being tampered with it has happened before and when it comes to your loved ones you can never be too careful.
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