This was beggar's night, and I treated some scared children...

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In the United States, this was beggar's night when kids go door to door and beg for treats. Well, they don't really beg, they just say "Trick or Treat!" and you give them candy or some other nice thing. I had a group of kids, all under 12, that came after about 7 people that were traveling down the sidewalk. The 7 people were all over 16, a couple looked like adults over 21. One girl and one guy both about 20 were arguing and the girl was screaming as she went past my house "You gonna disrespect me?!" and the guy was yelling "You want me to hit you, *itch?!" And the poor little kids came up for a treat and one girl said "I'm scared, those people are scary!" I invited the girl to sit next to me on the steps, the whole group of 5 sat down. I told them that the people that were making such a scene didn't care that the whole world knew what was going on in their lives, that they had never learned to control themselves, and that if they would think about things instead of just reacting they would have a better time. These few kids sitting on my steps seized upon the "whole world knowing their lives" and said they would be mortified. I hope they picked up on my emphasis on not yelling at people, especially in public, and on my comment that words can't hurt and there's no need to get physical. I'm sorry that this happened on such a fun night but teens will do that, they feel that the whole world should pay attention to them! Scaring young children should be seen as fun or reputation-making!