KROM wrote:
> if one cant control themselves then you can buy those tiny plastic
> bags cheap from a party store or Walgreens and fill them with toys
> like spider rings and stickers and pencils.

> if you want a food item small boxes of raisins can be added as well
> as small bags of nuts.
>
> if these are kids you know you can bake or buy something to give out
> like allergy free cookies individually wrapped etc.
>
> KROM

If a person knows they cannot deal well with temptation, how about praising
them for thinking ahead and avoiding the situation rather than saying in a
very superior manner that they "can't control themselves"? Avoiding
temptation IS a means of controlling oneself, at least for us lesser
mortals.

Making stuff is a waste of time, IMHO, since everyone has been conditioned
to believe that anything not in a manufacturer's wrapping is potentially
dangerous. (The only known case of actual candy poisoning was a father who
poisoned his own children, according to an article in the Atlantic I read
years ago, but that doesn't stop the idiots masquerading as journalists on
the TV from trotting out their ridiculous advice about "checking treats"
before your kid eats them every single year.)

The goodie bag approach would be awfully expensive if you had more than just
a few kids. I personally see no difference between the fruit rollups Julie
describes and a box of raisins.

But of course, YMMV.