Benefits of Trick-or-Treating this Halloween

Trick-or-Treating Promotes Social and Emotional Skill Development!

There are many benefits to trick-or-treating (besides all the yummy candy).  When your child joins other children in your neighborhood for some trick-or-treating, that child actively experiments with emotional and social roles.  Going door-to-door and socializing with friends and neighbors, helps in the development of feelings and building self-esteem.  Children also engage in conversations that will help them work with others in society.

Other benefits include:

• Language Skills
• Thinking and Imaginative Skills
• Problem-solving
• Empathy
• Exploration of your community
• Motor skills
• Meeting new people and making friends
• Costumes promote imagination and role playing
• Exercise
• CANDY (Yes, I know we mentioned that already!!)

Additional articles on the benefits of trick-or-treating for children:

Washington Post-It’s Good for Them

Moon Child-10 Benefits of Dress-up Play for Children

Beliefnet-7 Reasons to go Trick-or-Treating

Flippos-How Halloween Benefits your Children

Romper-The Benefits of Trick-or-Treating for Kids, According to Experts