We noticed quite quickly that our children spent far more time at each door than the average child. The average kid ran up to the door, yelled “trick or treat!” and bolted for the next house before the candy hit the bottom of their bag. Several kids lapped us on a rather large cul-de-sac. The reason for the delay was twofold. When friendly neighbors told our daughter to pick whatever piece of candy she wanted, the girl went shopping. She dug through each bowl, carefully searching through the cornucopia of confectionaries until she discovered the perfect sweet. The second reason for their leisurely stroll through the neighborhood was their chattiness. Yes, our two social misfits - those strange, unsocialized homeschoolers - enjoyed talking to the homeowners dolling out the goods. They explained their costumes, who made them, etc. It was one gigantic social event. And they said, “Thank you.”
Score one for the homeschoolers!
My biggest struggle when we take the kids out is getting them to stop conversing *quite* so readily with everyone we meet. It's fun, but shopping takes forever!
ReplyDeleteAfter spending hours watching parents trudge around the neighborhood glued to their cell phones, either texting or on the internet, ignoring their kids; one has to wonder where these kids get those social skills from.
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