My kid is 5. I made her return to several houses after the fact in order to say Thank You. I noticed that folks liked that. It was a welcome respite from the creeping mexi-vans that pull up and excrete rude illegal children.
I suppose I have turned into one of those cranky oldsters. Some kids, and they definitely are children of privilege, would run up to the porch, grabbing at the bowl of candy in my hands, and demanding that they be allowed to pick. These children were probably around ten or eleven. I looked at them, pulling the bowl closer to me, and said firmly no. I gave their friend who stood off saying nothing and looking chagrined twice as much as ordinary. I made the two rude ones wait through three other sets of children and finally gave them the smallest pieces I had. I told them next time they should learn some manners.
The youngster standing to the side? Thanked me and left his cohorts behind
I’m not sure how I would react to your situation.....a van full of children not from my neighborhoods? Maybe I pull out a pack of hard sour balls and give one to each