Holiday is misguided, unsafe
One side
Amber Martin
Issue date: 10/26/09 Section: Opinion
A young child races across the street, heading to the next house. In that split second it takes the child to escape from his watchful mother, a speeding car comes down the road. A horn is heard, everyone turns in perfect timing to see the car swerve at the last second and barely miss the little cowboy.
This very horrific image could be happening to you, your child, or someone you know. I am not here arguing that Halloween is bad in regards to the fact that it allegedly has a pagan history. I am saying that the reason Halloween is bad is because of safety issues. Halloween is meant to be fun and exciting but in today's society we are distracted from the fun in Halloween, through skimpy outfits, poisoned candy, and drunken people roaming the streets.
One of the major issues with Halloween is that as a child oriented holiday it is becoming a huge party of teenagers and adults wearing completely inappropriate outfits. Walk down the street on Halloween, and see many different costumes on older people that are extremely raunchy and inappropriate for a child's holiday. CNN published an article about how inappropriate costumes are rapidly becoming "bit more R-rated this year as blood and gore gives way to biceps and bosoms."
Our society is rapidly becoming more accepting to children seeing costumes with what used to be considered, "private areas" now shown in very revealing costumes. We have things such as the, "naughty devil," and "sexy pirate." We are not sending an appropriate massage when a child is exposed to such things by their role models, rather it be a friend, an elder sibling, or even a parent.
The second major issue is the concern of poisoned candy given by child predators. With criminals lurking in every corner, trusting total strangers in today's society is not an option. In today's society you must have a background check to go anywhere near a child, playgrounds are fenced in, and you must provide an identification card to even enter a school. It is ridiculous that trust is put in a total stranger's hands for giving your child candy, let alone going to their doorstep for it. With crime rates increasing rapidly, it is questionable to put your child's lives in the hands of a total stranger. A lollipop could never be worth your child's well being.
This very horrific image could be happening to you, your child, or someone you know. I am not here arguing that Halloween is bad in regards to the fact that it allegedly has a pagan history. I am saying that the reason Halloween is bad is because of safety issues. Halloween is meant to be fun and exciting but in today's society we are distracted from the fun in Halloween, through skimpy outfits, poisoned candy, and drunken people roaming the streets.
One of the major issues with Halloween is that as a child oriented holiday it is becoming a huge party of teenagers and adults wearing completely inappropriate outfits. Walk down the street on Halloween, and see many different costumes on older people that are extremely raunchy and inappropriate for a child's holiday. CNN published an article about how inappropriate costumes are rapidly becoming "bit more R-rated this year as blood and gore gives way to biceps and bosoms."
Our society is rapidly becoming more accepting to children seeing costumes with what used to be considered, "private areas" now shown in very revealing costumes. We have things such as the, "naughty devil," and "sexy pirate." We are not sending an appropriate massage when a child is exposed to such things by their role models, rather it be a friend, an elder sibling, or even a parent.
The second major issue is the concern of poisoned candy given by child predators. With criminals lurking in every corner, trusting total strangers in today's society is not an option. In today's society you must have a background check to go anywhere near a child, playgrounds are fenced in, and you must provide an identification card to even enter a school. It is ridiculous that trust is put in a total stranger's hands for giving your child candy, let alone going to their doorstep for it. With crime rates increasing rapidly, it is questionable to put your child's lives in the hands of a total stranger. A lollipop could never be worth your child's well being.
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