You think it's appropriate to reward the quality/imagination of a child's costume with different candies?

@ViciDraco While I agree with the last bit, any toxicity in a competition stems from the competitors. Assuming any judges present are unbiased. Would you rather they learn minimal effort gets rewarded? Or that they're entitled to reward simply for taking part?

I agree kids should be left to be kids. But not at the risk of failing an important lesson in life.

@PolyamorousPlaymates "But not at the risk of failing an important lesson in life" ((shakes head)) You really are a work of art lady. 😵

@PolyamorousPlaymates it's Halloween. Plenty of other time for life lessons. The candy isn't a reward for anything at all, it's part of the pageantry. Life isn't always about working for things.

@Grateful4you How is this child abuse? I'm giving them candy. The degree of which depends on them.

@PolyamorousPlaymates It's a psychological reasoning, kids are much more aware/perceptive than we think.

Look, I know you aren't a mean/abusive parent but he going to feel a sense of failure or at least feel less that the others, (Not to mention his siblings will likely laugh he got such a lousy cough drop.

Just please reconsider.

@Grateful4you You want to talk psychological? We tell our kids every day to NEVER take candy from strangers. Then devote a whole day and night to doing just that.

I know how perceptive kids can be. But they're also kinda stupid and will learn bad behaviors unless tempered by the parent/guardian.

They'll see others putting in less effort for equal reward. So they learn to live like this. As adults, they put in minimal effort and expect to be rewarded. The world doesn't work like that and now they don't know what to do.

@ViciDraco There'll always be excuses NOT to do something. Every opportunity is a chance to learn and teach. Failing to do so is to raise an ignorant child. That's my opinion.

Finally, I never once stated I'm going to do what I asked about. It was just a question I was thinking about and everyone else made assumptions.

@DarlingSelah I asked a question therefore I'm a sociopath. Your logic is sound.