Is anyone still worried about getting harmful halloween candy?
By JIMBOH
@JIMBOH (62)
October 30, 2009 11:55am CST
When I was younger my parents would always take our candy and check the fruit over for pin marks and check the candy wrappers to make sure that they didn't have any holes in them. Since becoming a parent and doing the trick or treating thing with my kids we usually go through the same routine. We have never found anything harmful. Is this a practice that all parents do or are we over doing it a bit?
1 response
@maezee (41988)
• United States
30 Oct 09
I'd heard somewhere that there have actually only been a VERY FEW incidents where children were actually poisoned or bit into needles and whatnot. But still. In my opinion, it's just a general safety practice to not have your children eat candies and things that have already been opened. I think it's just.. a general safety thing, and there's nothing wrong with being safe. ("Better safe than sorry" might come into play here?)
