tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687526100634149438.post1368634120020870891..comments2024-01-25T08:49:06.522-06:00Comments on Hanabi Boy: Trick or Treat with a FriendYujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025841543342602157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687526100634149438.post-64138790995453569552016-11-01T23:06:36.093-05:002016-11-01T23:06:36.093-05:00Steph, I have a co-worker who grew up in the UK an...Steph, I have a co-worker who grew up in the UK and he loves Halloween here, probably because he never got to experience it like this when he was a kid there. <br /><br />Yes, it does take our kids longer to learn how friendships work... hopefully Kai is able to figure it out and find someone who appreciates him for who he is. Yujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025841543342602157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687526100634149438.post-75260896972430775192016-11-01T23:04:06.562-05:002016-11-01T23:04:06.562-05:00Shiroi, we too get too many kids who grab handfuls...Shiroi, we too get too many kids who grab handfuls of candy and don't say thank you. For all the reasons you mention, Halloween is not a day I particularly look forward to. But because Kai enjoys it, we celebrate on his behalf. <br /><br />I think he is starting to understand the hurt of words said in anger. Hopefully he can learn to control himself so he doesn't say such things as often in the future.Yujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025841543342602157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687526100634149438.post-68079943571932662112016-11-01T17:42:31.676-05:002016-11-01T17:42:31.676-05:00I think you have to believe that he will have a go...I think you have to believe that he will have a good friend, and just that it takes our children a little longer to learn how friendships really work. Teenage years are difficult for everyone! Glad they did so well for Halloween - love how big everyone in America goes for it!Stephs Two Girlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592292485187553690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687526100634149438.post-83785178082332638002016-11-01T12:42:24.215-05:002016-11-01T12:42:24.215-05:00I think that Halloween has died out mainly due to ...I think that Halloween has died out mainly due to the selfish and ill mannered behavior of so many of the children during such events. It is not the adults who are "cheapskates". They started out wanting to share and to make great memories for the youth such as they had. When children would try to grab handfuls of candy, when it had become a rare event when a child gave a sincere thank you, or even one at all, when female teenagers would use the holiday to wear as skimpy a costume as they could get away with to fulfill their exhibtionistic urges, when male teenagers would rove in gangs trying to intimidate children out of their candy...this is what had killed the holiday. I have seen the almost complete lack of caring for this once fun holiday everywhere I have been. In some tight knit communities it is still alive. It seems as though your community is still tight. It reminds me of my youth.<br /><br />It is good that Kai had a good experience on Halloween. What is better is that both of the boys had forgiven each other and were able to enjoy each other's company, perhaps, one last time. I think Kai realized how quickly and easily words said in anger can alter a situation. He also knows that to enjoy some magical moments in life with others is a flavor in life which is far more delicious than the false and momentary shallow satisfaction of venting anger...and that this is what forces growth. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Shiroi Torahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05869506932268171410noreply@blogger.com