Halloween is over, but the candy remains. We’ve entered the season of sugar. From here through the end of the year, most of America will find itself buried under an avalanche. Even after that, Valentine’s Day and Easter lurk around the corner in 2018.
Despite the sugar boom that’s about to happen, many parents (myself included) try to ration Halloween candy. There might be no such thing as a sugar high, but a massive candy binge can still create lots of headaches — and stomachaches — if kids eat too much too fast.