As promised, here's Liz Atwood's first Tween Tuesday post:

The approach of Halloween this year has brought a new issue for my 12-year-old son and his friends: Go for the tricks or go for the treat?

According to a recent survey from MyBuys.com, about one-quarter of U.S. adults are annoyed by teenage trick-or-treaters.

While not quite a teen, my older son is thinking of abandoning the door-to-door candy hunt this year and instead staying home to hand out treats and wear a costume to frighten the little kids who come to the door. He skipped the neighborhood Halloween parade, saying he was too big. Meanwhile, he worries that the middle school’s Halloween dance will be “boring.” Ah, such as is the life of a tween, those awkward years from about 8 to 13 when nothing quite seems to fit.

I’m trying to remain neutral on the trick-or-treating issue and not to feel too nostalgic for the good ol’ days. His first Halloween, I made him a bunny costume. The second year, I sewed a lion costume. But by the time he was 4 he had had enough with homemade “cute” and wanted to be scary: a long line of vampires, zombies and ghouls followed. In the 5th grade, he stripped down to his underwear and wore a diaper for the school’s Halloween parade. Last year, he opted for fun over frightening and dressed as Mario. But now it seems those trick-or-treating days are numbered.

Do you have a tween or teen trying to decide what to do Friday night? Do you think there’s an age when kids should hang up the goodie bags and stop trick-or-treating?