30 Oct 2025

Parenting: How to keep your kids safe this Halloween

From Nine To Noon, 11:25 am on 30 October 2025
Child in red costume on door step, trick or treating for halloween.

Photo: Unsplash / Curated Lifestyle

Love it or loathe it - it's that time of year when kids roam loose around neighbourhoods looking for fun and sweets. 

Halloween's grown in popularity in New Zealand, and many parents might be wondering about how to handle trick or treating.

How young is too young to let kids venture out on their own? What if your kid wants to celebrate Halloween, but it doesn't fit with your beliefs? How much is too much candy before bed?

Joining Kathryn is Sheridan Eketone, she's a parent coach and presenter at Parenting Place and mum of four ... and well versed in Halloween etiquette. 

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