As the kiddies start planning their character costumes without forethought of how or where they’ll come from, let’s not forget what the holiday is really about – sugar. Photo: Pexels (Charles Parker).

Like it or lump it, Halloween has arrived in Australia.

Despite the valiant efforts of curmudgeons everywhere, kids love lollies and retailers love to make money, so here we are!

Tired from the daily battleground that is parenting, I have accepted my fate on this front. However, if we’re retreating, let’s at least dictate the terms of our surrender.

We’ve started addressing the environmental impacts of decor, such as synthetic spiderwebs, and we all know the waste generated by single-serve packaged food.

Here’s my addition: Normalise sub-par dress-ups.

I’d like to see us embrace the hom

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