PSA from a kindergarten teacher to parents the day after Halloween

PSA’s for parents the day after Halloween are back on the rise because they’re awesome.

“I know the day after Halloween is very difficult when you’re trying to get your kids ready for school,” Katie Thompson, a kindergarten teacher in Oklahoma, began in a Facebook post that first went viral in 2022.

“Dressing a hungover, raging pterodactyl is no fun. But PLEASE DO NOT bribe sleepy elementary school goblins with sweets and send them off to school with two handfuls of Pixie Stix and a wish,” Thompson continued.

According to Thompson, teachers would prefer a “cranky child in pajamas” to a “werewolf with hyperglycemia.”

“Put down Blow Pop,” Thompson wrote. “Your responsibility on November 1st is to send them to school with a headboard, buttered cookies and whatever the mood may be. We will strip them of red dye and artificial flavors and send them back to you at 3:00.”

“We’re leaving at dawn,” she added.

“Electric Tongues Fun Dip KILL ME! Like, at least bother to hide the evidence!!” one person shared in the comments.

Added another: “I told all the parents leaving the party, ‘Please don’t give them candy for breakfast!’ See you tomorrow!”

Numerous studies of children who ate either placebo or real sugar (neither parents nor children know who ate what) showed that children who ate sugar behaved no differently than those who did not, says medical NBC News correspondent Dr. John Torres shared on TODAY in 2023.

If your own children’s behavior contradicts these findings, Torres says there are several factors at play.

“No. 1, you think (your children) will become more excitable if they eat sugar, so whatever they do after eating sugar, you will blame the sugar,” he explained. “No. 2, (children) usually eat sugar at holidays and parties when they are hanging out with friends or losing their temper.”