An etiquette expert weighs in on trick-or-treat age limits.
Kids aren’t asking — they’ll take the free candy — but some parents wonder, at what point is it developmentally appropriate for teens to hang up their Halloween baskets?
Officials in Chesapeake, Virginia, have decided that age 14 should be the cutoff, while the city of Bathurst in New Brunswick, Canada,"It is important to note, however, that while this ordinance has been in effect since about 1970, the City of Chesapeake has never detained nor charged any person under the ordinance," a city spokesperson tells TODAY.com."It is on the books to allow police officers a method to detain an individual if they create a disturbance or similar actions.
There's potential to scare little children with overtly gory costumes or push them aside to collect fistfuls of candy. There's also potential to scare grown adults by being too loud and rowdy or ringing doorbells late into the evening.
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