Everyone wants to have a safe and happy Halloween holiday for themselves, their friends and their children. Using common sense and safety measures can help you make the most of your Halloween and make it as enjoyable and safe for your kids.

It's that time again, when children enjoy costumes and roaming the neighborhoods in search of their favorite candy. Halloween is a fun time for kids, but it is also an important time to be extra careful for possible safety hazards so that your children have a fun and safe Halloween. Here are some tips and information we can do to help make Halloween a safer holiday for everyone!

Trick-or-Treating safety
Before children start out on their "trick or treating" parents should always make sure that a trusted adult or an older responsible youth will be supervising the children at all times. Plan and discuss the area and direction the children will be following beforehand. Make sure to instruct your kids to only follow familiar and safe areas.

Make sure they know to stay in populated places and don't go off the beaten track. Stay in well lighted areas. Halloween is not the time to be traveling to places unknown, no matter how safe it looks, esp. at night. Tell your children only to stop at homes that are well lit and never ever enter a stranger