Parents find alternative to traditional trick or treating

Candy, costumes and people everywhere. Some parents say spending Halloween in a neighborhood can get tricky.

“I used to run around the streets, but I feel like it’s a little bit different,” parent Brennon Thompson said.

This year, many parents chose to take their little monsters to trick or treating events instead of walking the neighborhood.

“I like it much more,” parent Marc Payan said. “There’s more sense of a community also definitely more of a safety factor. People are a bit more relaxed and not worried about cars or weird houses.”

During the day, Indio’s Boys and Girls club held a Halloween party with food, games and candy. At night, The Living Desert held its “Howl-O-Ween” event with pumpkin decorating, candy stations and the zoo’s mascots.

“We’re going to let them get as much as they can and then take over from there,” Payan said.

One parent says celebrating this long held tradition in a secured setting might be the safest way to go for the next generation.