How many homes does the average kid hit on Halloween?

Like many things in life, your question comes down to some basic math. Lets work with the assumption that we are talking about kids who are old enough to go without parental supervision but young enough to still trick or treat. Let's call said children 11 years old. 11 year old children will start trick or treating around 6PM. read more

By 6, this time of year, it is usually dark enough for it to be fun, and early enough that they will have time to "hit enough houses". Assuming the average 11 year old isn't going to sleep later than 10PM, let's agree that the average parent will tell there kid to be home by 9 o'clock to account for shower time and the child being late. read more

Children are more than twice as likely to be killed by a car while walking on Halloween night than at any other time of the year, according to the organization Safe Kids USA. "This is a time when we see an increase of kids being hit and killed by cars," says Dr. Rebecca Parker, chairwoman of the American College of Emergency Physicians' board of directors. read more