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Slay the Candy Monster: How to Handle Halloween Sweets

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Keep a small amount of candy for your children. Set a limit. Maybe it's two pieces of candy following dinner every night. Lay down the law and be consistent. Despite the begging, be firm in your decision. If you're averse to having your children eating candy every night for the next two months, offer up another solution they might find every bit as appetizing.

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Negotiate a candy-for-cash trade. With a candy buyback, you purchase the candy from your children. They get the cash. You get the candy. As for the candy, put it to good use. Use it for baking and send the treats in to school with your child or hold a bake sale. Donate the candy to homeless shelters or some other charity. Bring it to your office. Send it in care packages to the troops who are serving overseas. Just do something with it - the more altruistic, the better.