How to avoid a Halloween sugar overload: Australian parents share tips

From teaching healthy eating habits to letting children go wild', here are trick-or-treat tactics to keep in mind

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It's Halloween night. You realise your children have a big enough haul of Halloween treats to transform them into sugar-hyped monsters for the foreseeable future. What do you do?

Guardian Australia has asked parents for their tips - and many recommend you try playing your own version of tricking and treating, or plan a bit of Switchcraft".

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