Halloween is supposed to be scary, but as a parent, there are a few steps you must take to ensure your child's safety on the trick or treat circuit. Here are seven essential Halloween safety tips to keep your kids safe and marvelously scared, in good Halloween tradition. Young children should always be accompanied by a responsible adult. You can guide them from house to house, crossing streets and then stand a distance away as they ring the doorbells, to avoid embarrassing kids who are older than seven or eight. With younger kids, this isn't usually an issue. It's an unfortunate fact that there are people who lace candies with harmful substances.