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#1 Steve Heard

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Posted 31 October 2013 - 03:44 PM

One local dentist believes that kids shouldn’t be deprived of treats. This Halloween, adults and kids alike can bring leftover trick-or-treat candy to The Tooth Station in Folsom or Natomas where they will receive $1 per pound, plus cavity-fighting Xylitol candy. Dr. Bryan Randolph is changing the way patients think about sweets by trading traditional candy for dollars and Xylitol treats that may taste just as good.

“Kids can actually enjoy candy without the cavities,” says Dr. Bryan Randolph, owner and dentist of The Tooth Station. “We want to showcase through our Great Candy Exchange that it’s easy and exciting for parents to give candy that they can feel good about. This is especially important in the Sacramento area, which has one of the worst preschool cavity rates in the nation.”

 

About Xylitol candy
Xylitol is a naturally occurring sweetener from sources as diverse as berries, oats, and birch bark. It can be used as a substitute in recipes that call for basic white sugar. Global studies (http://thexylitoldep...es.php?pageid=8) have found that a group of people eating Xylitol-sweetened food developed almost no new cavities compared to other groups consuming sucrose and fructose.

 

Where to exchange candy
Unopened sweets will be collected on Friday, November 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the office’s Folsom location and again on Monday, November 4, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Natomas location. All candy will be donated to Operation Gratitude, a non-profit that donates treats to troops overseas.

 

Question: Do you let your kids keep all of the candy they collect? 

 


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Posted 31 October 2013 - 04:16 PM

She keeps a handful of pieces and donates the rest to the food bank. 


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Posted 31 October 2013 - 07:20 PM

always got to keep all my candy, except what my dad snagged (chocolate bars!).  but I was happy to share.  He was my dad, after all!  :)


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Posted 31 October 2013 - 07:37 PM

only 1 and 3 now, so not keeping it all... but when they're bigger I'll let them decide what to do with it. I got to keep all mine and I turned out fine, just about teaching them moderation. Half the fun is dumping it all out and sorting through all the good stuff and checking out what you got.



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Posted 31 October 2013 - 08:07 PM

dentists should mind their own business!  :) 


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Posted 31 October 2013 - 08:32 PM

First of all, xylitol, like sorbitol, is a natural laxative. People who have IBS sometimes don't even know that their conditions are exacerbated by the sorbitol they consume daily in sugar-free gum and candy. I know a few people whose symptoms of IBS almost entirely went away when they stopped consuming these sugar-free products. Some people are more sensitive to them than others, but it is good to be informed -- so be aware.

 

When our children were little we let them eat a few pieces of candy Halloween night and then choose 30 pieces of their favorite candies to keep. We bought the rest from them. They liked the incentive of having money to go buy something. We saved some of their other favorites (if they weren't wrapped in Halloween wrappers) for their Christmas stockings! :lmaosmiley:  My husband took some to the office to share and we gave some away.


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Posted 31 October 2013 - 09:07 PM

We let them keep it all except dangerous or questionable stuff like jawbreakers(???) ... I don't know all the names of the weird candy these days but I know it when I see it! 

 

The girls eat a couple pieces of candy each night as "after dinner treats."  I don't see anything wrong with this since we would probably have dessert anyway.  --Don't people eat an after-dinner sweet anymore?  All my ancestors are British-- we love our sweets! 



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Posted 31 October 2013 - 09:13 PM


The girls eat a couple pieces of candy each night as "after dinner treats."  I don't see anything wrong with this since we would probably have dessert anyway.  --Don't people eat an after-dinner sweet anymore?

 

We didn't. And I didn't typically buy sugar-loaded products --  candy, soda, cookies, highly sugared cereals. When we wanted treats I baked -- but it wasn't all the time. So, to have that much candy in the house at once was a huge divergence from our norm.


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Posted 31 October 2013 - 10:09 PM

We only went to the houses on our street so we didn't get that much candy. It was never really a problem, we ate a few on Halloween and a couple of pieces a day. 10-12 houses tops. The sorting and swapping was the best part.

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Posted 31 October 2013 - 11:40 PM

Yes, my kids keep all of their candy. Somehow, after moderating their intake, they forget about it after managing to only eat a portion of it.

As for the dentist(s!) who pays for the candy, it makes me mad. I'm not passing out candy so that the kids can turn it in for money and/or a chance to win an iPad. I'm giving it to the kids to enjoy as part of Halloween. Two years ago my daughter said she was going to trick-or-treat until no lights were left on so that she could turn in her candy for raffle tickets to win an iPad. Her rational was that the dentist was going to send it to the soldiers. I think it encourages greed and deception.

I told her that I send things off to members of our military and I give out candy to kids. It's not up to someone else to change that or for kids to use me and my generosity to further their own agendas.

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 05:29 AM

Yes, my kids keep all of their candy. Somehow, after moderating their intake, they forget about it after managing to only eat a portion of it.
As for the dentist(s!) who pays for the candy, it makes me mad. I'm not passing out candy so that the kids can turn it in for money and/or a chance to win an iPad. I'm giving it to the kids to enjoy as part of Halloween. Two years ago my daughter said she was going to trick-or-treat until no lights were left on so that she could turn in her candy for raffle tickets to win an iPad. Her rational was that the dentist was going to send it to the soldiers. I think it encourages greed and deception.
I told her that I send things off to members of our military and I give out candy to kids. It's not up to someone else to change that or for kids to use me and my generosity to further their own agendas.
Ps - get off my lawn!

I agree 100 %! I think the dentists are doing it for marketing purposes. Boo!
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Posted 01 November 2013 - 05:30 AM

I agree that the candy exchange feels like my money (buying candy to give out) was wasted. I also make sure to always have to bowls, one full of candy and one full of toys.

 

This year each child that came to our house earned one treat from the "prize table" (candy, toys and glow bracelets) by saying the phrase I wanted to hear "Trick or Treat!". I especially made the older kids (jr. high) say it. Then I asked each child if they wanted even more goodies from the prize table. No one said no. I then told them that they had to work for more prizes and had a game set up where you throw bean bags into a box lit up and decorated like a giant Jack-O-Lantern. For each bean bag they got in they got to select another prize (Up to four total). All the kids had a blast, the parents loved it and were calling their friends to bring their kids over to play. Off to the side we had our fire-pit going and roasting marshmallows and offering S'mores while the kids played and shopped (remember when Wheel of Fortune had the shopping portion?). Many kids came back to play again, readily agreeing that they would not take any more prizes, they just wanted to play the game again!

 

I hope all the kids that came to visit us kept their candy, I hope they had as much fun as they seemed to have and yes, after a safety inspection my kids can have their candy. I do not steal candy away from my kids. They dressed up and walked to get it. (Funny thing is, we always have candy left after Christmas. We just keep it in the freezer and they milk it along for months!)


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Posted 01 November 2013 - 05:54 AM

Helicopter parenting is killing the joys of childhood.

I also thought New Years was the most dangerous night to be out on the roads but according to the front page here, Halloween is now the worse. Is that a message from the church to go to trunk or treat instead of going the traditional route and going door to door?

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 08:57 AM

This year each child that came to our house earned one treat from the "prize table" (candy, toys and glow bracelets) by saying the phrase I wanted to hear "Trick or Treat!". I especially made the older kids (jr. high) say it. Then I asked each child if they wanted even more goodies from the prize table. No one said no. I then told them that they had to work for more prizes and had a game set up where you throw bean bags into a box lit up and decorated like a giant Jack-O-Lantern. For each bean bag they got in they got to select another prize (Up to four total). All the kids had a blast, the parents loved it and were calling their friends to bring their kids over to play. Off to the side we had our fire-pit going and roasting marshmallows and offering S'mores while the kids played and shopped (remember when Wheel of Fortune had the shopping portion?). Many kids came back to play again, readily agreeing that they would not take any more prizes, they just wanted to play the game again!

 

I hope all the kids that came to visit us kept their candy, I hope they had as much fun as they seemed to have and yes, after a safety inspection my kids can have their candy. I do not steal candy away from my kids. They dressed up and walked to get it. (Funny thing is, we always have candy left after Christmas. We just keep it in the freezer and they milk it along for months!)

 

You are creating great memories for the neighborhood kids. I wish mine were still small. They would have loved that! 

 

I also thought New Years was the most dangerous night to be out on the roads but according to the front page here, Halloween is now the worse. Is that a message from the church to go to trunk or treat instead of going the traditional route and going door to door?

 

That article actually came from the 'Avoid the 17' campaign. According to what I've found online:

  • Deadliest day for auto accidents - 4th of July (I guess the combination a day off, hot weather and beer?) 
  • Deadliest day for pedestrians - New Year's Day (maybe a lot of people start the new year off with a walk or jog?)
  • Deadliest day for child pedestrians - Halloween 

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 10:17 AM

As a general rule we don't let our children eat too much candy.  When trick-or-treating we allow them to eat some candy.  Once we are home, we weight the bags to see who was most "successful" and then put the kids to bed.  The candy normally goes into the garage and the kids almost never ask about it again.  We end up using that candy for special occasions or times we go to the movies.






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