Says Letterfolk: “Few teaching moments are better suited for helping your children learn about hard work, sweet rewards, and having said rewards taxed and consumed by their overlords. And it’s only appropriate that you, their parent, should help them understand these valuable lessons.”

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I mean, fair enough. My kids are pretty generous without mandatory taxation, and have already thrust handfuls of my favorites at me—Mounds and Snickers (plus, they literally have more candy than they know what to do with). But I think a better thing to do with that “tax” would be to up the rate to 30 or 40 percent and then donate it—like to the Soldiers Angels organization, sending candy to the troops. That way, the kids are learning about taxes and also generosity. Plus, it gets more candy out of my house.