What’s next, no candy canes at Christmas ... The mall will also distribute goodie bags filled with crayons, temporary tattoos and similar items, Teague said. Taubman Centers Inc., which operates ...

Birthday party goodie bags don't have to be sacks of candy filled with cheap junk — it's a waste of money and no parent on the receiving end wants to add flimsy plastic to their kids' collection.

It was no longer a nice "extra" but an all ... We made gingerbread houses topped with candy, which were taken home. Goody bag-giving starts to get competitive in the post-kindergarten phase.

No offense to these new parents ... even if I don't give you candy. Perhaps, instead of a goody bag, you could hold on to the knowledge that you were once a baby who cried, and your mother ...