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Filed under: Work Life, Places To Go, Health & Safety: Babies
The Stanford, Kentucky city council has voted to ban the practice of throwing candy from moving vehicles in a parade. Candy can still be given out by hand or at booths, however. The problem, apparently, is that kids run out into the street to retrieve the goodies, which, of course, could get them run over by the parade floats. The town holds an annual Christmas parade at night when it could be difficult to see children scrambling on the ground for goodies.If I had known they gave out candy at parades, I would have gone to more of them. All I've ever heard anyone got at a parade around here are condoms -- and they're too chewy for my taste. Stanford Police Chief Keith Middleton said "Our concern was for the safety of the public," but I think concern for city liability figured in there pretty heavily too. Is this just more Nanny-state nonsense, or does this actually make sense? As I said, I've never been to a parade where candy was given out, so I don't really know if this is an issue. Do they give out candy where you are? Or is it not allowed? Should it be?
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1-16-2007 @ 4:07PM
ann adams said...Yes indeed they toss candy to the kids, especially during the Santa parade. It's the highlight of their day and we've never had a problem.
Our parade is during the day, the candy is tossed close to the curb, and the floats (such as they are) are moving very slowly.
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1-16-2007 @ 5:27PM
Jill said...My kids got so much candy at the local July 4th parade last year that I plan to skip it this year. We went to a larger parade in downtown Atlanta for Christmas and there were a few clowns who approached children individually and handed out some candy and trinkets. Problem with that was that not all kids got any- the hurried clowns tended to go to whomever pushed to the front first, still not safe. I'd enjoy it all more with no treats, but my kids probably disagree!
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1-16-2007 @ 8:17PM
Nicholas said...We have something called Mardi Gras... So, it's not a parade if they aren't throwing (beads, candy, moon pies, stuffed animals, plastic toys, confetti, and anything else that can be thrown from a float).
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1-17-2007 @ 12:58AM
Judy said...I got pegged in the head - HARD - once by a flying sucker at one of these parades. My daughter has been hit in the head too. I don't like the practice. If you actually *throw* the candy, someone gets hurt. If you just *drop* it into the street, kids can get run over. Neither way is a good thing.
And you end up with kids fighting about candy, the big kids get tons and the little ones get the crappy leftovers. It's not a good idea.
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1-17-2007 @ 11:04AM
LS said...My son has figured out the whole parade thing. Being a little guy (he's even little for 3), he makes friends with a big guy near him. The big guy runs out, grabs a bunch of candy, and my son clears the candy at the edges of the street. Then the two put their heads together and trade for what they like - my son trades all the gum he gets for chocolate stuff. It works very well. And I've also found (maybe it's an Iowa thing?) that those driving the trucks/cars/floats are *very* aware of the little kids along the route, and take care not to drive over them.
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