Parenting with Confidence
Halloween tips and tricks
When trick-or-treating at night, don’t forget to bring a flashlight, head lamp or glow sticks with you so drivers can better see your child and you.
Have some safe, spooky fun this October
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ctober in New York is all about fresh, cooler air, apple picking with the family, and making beautiful memories. We also have pumpkin picking, decorating, baking, and gatherings with family and friends. Whether you are Team Apple or Team Pumpkin Spice, it’s all so nice.
Quoida Lauzon
October also means celebrating Halloween. It has looked and felt a lot different with COVID. My personal advice is that every family has to assess what they feel comfortable with and what they don’t feel with comfortable with. As
12 Family Now — October 2021
parents, we have been weighing pros and cons since we first found out about COVID. We have all had to pivot by and shift. How you have handled COVID versus how your next door neighbor has handled may be different. We all have to be kind to ourselves and do what feels right for us and our families. We have to give ourselves grace, along with our family and friends who have different reasoning for their own actions. However you have handled these times, we are all in this together. Our communities, our children, us as parents and individuals, are all
