[LizardQueen]

I liked this article. It's true - all the fun has gone out of being a kid.

I used to ride my bike to the opposite side of LONG ISLAND, NY! On a Schwinn 3 speed. I'd leave early on a Saturday AM and get back by dark, no helmet, etc. It had to have been around 40 miles round trip (I lived on the South shore, biked to Port Washington).

And Halloween - Omigod. Sis and I plotted out a map where
we'd hit the max number of houses without having to repeat our steps. And we scheduled in a "candy dump" at my parents house halfway through, because we were so loaded down that we could barely walk. Plus, we found out you got more if your bag was almost empty ::lol:: , mercenary little beasts that we were.

LQ

[BOOTSTICK]

I also grew up on Long Island, {Massapequa Park}, in the good old days kids could go trick or treating without their parents along. It was great fun seeing the expressions on the 6-12 year olds faces, as they scurried home with full bags of candy, only to have us older kids slam water ballons into their trick or treat bags of candy. It is one of the fond memories of my youth.

[Hildy]

You're right! I was on the other side of Long Island (Plainview) and we would start over on the Hicksville side and trick or treat until we had no more room in our bags. In those days we were given UNICEF boxes and everybody would put a few pennies in your box and the next day you'd hand your UNICEF container over to the school. It was a reminder how lucky we were to be in the US. We would look forward to Halloween all year long. It's a shame that kids don't have the opportunity to just have fun on ONE DAY of the year.