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Jessica Grose: I'm Jessica Grose.
I'm an Opinion writer at The New York Times.
And I write about the way we live and parent now.
So a couple of years ago
I started noticing people
talking about something called the Switch Witch.
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after sharing their Halloween candy tradition.
They call it the Switch Witch.
What do you do with all your extra Halloween candy?
Leave it outside on Halloween night for the Switch Witch.
She comes on Halloween night after they fall asleep,
switch it out for either healthier candy or a toy.
Jessica Grose: I'm sorry.
If I was a kid
and my parents switched my candy for healthier candy,
I would riot.
The state of modern parenting is very controlled.
Just getting candy on Halloween isn't enough.