Knocking on strangers’ doors? How to help your kids have a safe Halloween

By Vanessa Campbell, Associate Lecturer in Public Relations, Western Sydney University
Bianca Albanese, Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia

For most of the year, parents teach children not to talk to strangers, not to accept things from people they don’t know, and to take care when crossing the road.

Then Halloween arrives, and suddenly we’re knocking on strangers’ doors, accepting handfuls of lollies from them and wandering the streets after dark.

How can you help your children have a safe Halloween?

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