As a single parent by circumstance and not shitty choice making, I have a choice of spending time with my kids trick or treating while leaving stuff out in a bowl with cool decorations, or make my kids stay home so they can watch other kids have fun and give out candy. So the bowl thing is necessary sometimes. The trick is to live in a neighborhood where they know how to raise good kids. Ours even has a block party at the end with beer, pizza, bonfires and smores.
Also I was hoping this thread was about slutty Halloween outfits