Trick- or-Treating Is Not For Everyone

For Some Kids, The Frights Of Halloween Night Are A Little Too Real To Risk

(AP)  Two-thirds of parents say their children will trick-or-treat this Halloween, but fewer minorities will let their kids go door to door, with some citing safety worries, a poll shows.

The survey found that 73 percent of whites versus 56 percent of minorities said their children will trick-or-treat.

That disparity in the survey is similar to the difference in how people view the safety of their neighborhoods, according to the poll by The Associated Press and Ipsos. Lower-income people and minorities are more likely to worry that it might not be safe to send their children out on Halloween night.

Overall, 86 percent of those questioned in the survey said their neighborhoods are safe for trick-or-treating. Ninety-one percent of whites, compared with 75 percent of minorities, said they felt their kids would be secure when they went out seeking candy in their area.

Similarly, 93 percent of people earning $50,000 or more said their communities are safe for trick-or-treating, compared with 76 percent of those making less than $25,000.

Even many people who view their neighborhoods as safe take precautions.

Nearly two-thirds of the people in the survey said their households will distribute Halloween treats to children who come to call. Seventy percent of people in the poll who consider themselves liberals and 67 percent of the moderates questioned said they would hand out treats, compared with 55 percent of conservatives.

Of those adults whose children will not trick-or-treat this year, one-quarter cited safety worries and about one-half said they do not celebrate Halloween.

"It's demonic," said Donna Stitt, 37, a nursing aide from Barto, Pa., with four young children. "People are celebrating the dead. I'm not into that."

[Krazcarl]

gunownerdan..excellent point but was has this to do with trick or treat..I have a question what was you as a kid I''d like to know?

[gunownerdan]

"Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.
The cause of liberty, the cause of American, cannot succeed with any lesser effort."
- President John F. Kennedy, January 29, 1961

[Krazcarl]

granma..that''s rich great idea never thought of that.

[revwilliam]

Still believe in demons, Donna?
Welcome to the 21st century.
Is our children learning?

[grammawhamma]

When I was a little kid my friends and I were bored one summer day and decided to dig out our old halloween costumes and try trick or treating in June. It worked...people thought it was cute and all gave us something.

[grammawhamma]

scully152: It''s just more Ron Paul spam...the spammers just changed their format a little bit. They posted the same post on a lot of different articles. Just report them as abusing the site and cbs will get rid of them until they sign up with a different email address and posting name. They always come back but it makes it a little bit harder for them that way. I''m sick of it also.

[rohink-2009]

Makes perfect sense to me. Liberals are always looking for a handout.

[michellem99-2009]

scully152.READ THE STORY TRICK OR TREAT IS NOT FOR EVERYONE...yer pashing a TX asre. TRY THE POLITICS SITE.. It is there..

[scully152]

I want to report a major fire, my friends. Our Constitution is on fire. & it''s currently being burned in Congress. See H.R. 1955, a.k.a, Violent Radicalization & Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007.... Apparently, activists w/ Web sites are really begining to anger the elite insofar as they are publically holding them accountable for their evil. Here''s a part of the bill,... in spite of Congressman, Ron Paul''s opposition thereto. The right to free speech on the Internet is gone,... Look it up for yourself, & weep for your country that our rights have eroded this far. Here''s a short excerpt from the bill''s DEFINITIONS statement: "The development & implementation of methods & processes that can be utilized to prevent violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, & ideologically based violence in the US is critical to combating domestic terrorism." ..."The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, & the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad & constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens." And guess who get''s to decide what is "terrorist-related propaganda?" You got it! The Department of Homeland Insecurity, an agency that''s answerable ONLY to The President. If Ron Paul isn''t elected, our country is doomed! Posted by thefarrier
~~~~~~~ WHAT exactly does what you just said have to do with Trick or Treating?

[michellem99-2009]

a foster mother was mormon and she was evil..i left the mormons and got a friend out..they crazy fools. golden what never seen them..I know them and we love giving them the gears..
Did ye know they say the gospel of Jesus is lost..Whwere yer hide it..I say it was never lost..They are ripped..My friend said to them where are you going to serve Jesus..They are gone..They may have a halloween party ..Bishop trick or treat..We gone..