I have kids that range from 26 down to 7 and we go every year and love it. Of course my 26 year old is now on her own and a mommy so she goes with her son but my son was home until this last year and and he went every year until he left home at 19. We always went as a family. My son went with our little ones up to the doors and he always spent lots of time on his costume (never a mask, last year he was Johnny Bravo and it was so funny) He did trick or treat while dad and I walked the dogs and followed but stayed at the end of the drive ways with the dogs. I was always proud that he preferred to spend it with his family and he never went out alone with his friends so we always knew what was going on.
For our family it has always been about the fun of dressing up and spending the night out together no matter how old the kids. My son spent the time to make it fun for the smaller kids and the people answering the doors so I always felt he should be allowed to participate. I always felt so sad when people were rude about him being there even though he was always dressed as something fun and was always escorting the smaller kids. I would say though that for the majority most people had fun with him and lots even asked to get pics of him. When he was Johnny Bravo it was all home made even the muscles and he did the voice and Johnny's sayings and most people really enjoyed him.
I wish Halloween hadn't changed so much but it surely isn't what it was when we were kids.
