About this column:
Kristin Blankenship is the mother of three children--ages, 4, 5 and & 7. Each Monday she writes a column about being a Mom. This week she's focusing on safety issues associated with Halloween,The best part of Halloween has to be Trick or Treating. My husband suggested we pass out a non-candy item this year (pencils, spider rings), but I told him that was the equivalent of begging for getting our house toilet-papered and I would have no part of it. I want everyone else to suffer through children wired from a chocolate binge just like I did. You should map out your route with your children before you go out. Make sure they know to only go to houses with lights on and avoid homes of people you don't know. If you want to what houses to avoid, lights on or not go to www.familywatchdog.…