On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 20:53:07 EDT, "beeswing" wrote:

But actually trick or treat wasn't that big a deal for us.

For some reason, it's really important to her this year.

Then let her go. You are picking an age to stop arbitrarily, anyway.
There are no hard and fast rules on it and, as you said, you went
until you were in seventh grade. 11 isn't even a teenager yet. Tell
her that her years are numbered but that because it is so important to
her (not because she will be a child until 18), she can go this year.
Use the goodwill engendered by noticing and responding to what seems
to be really important to her whether or not you can understand why to
bolster up your relationship for the oncoming teen years. That will
be much more important to you than what year she stopped trick or
treating, when all is said and done.

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay