Trick or treat throughout middle school and stop in high school

Many kids wonder how old they should be when they stop trick or treating. Laws often ban anyone over age 12 from doing so, but usually they are not enforced. Even if there are no specific laws or it is not enforced, a kid and parent know eventually they have to stop trick or treating. I went trick or treating when I was 13 and in 8th grade, but not when I was a 14 year-old freshman in high school. Why did I stop then?

1. To get it over with. I thought not trick-or-treating was going to make Halloween a sad night (and I will admit that, at age 19, I sometimes feel like I will miss out on something), but then Halloween actually comes and goes and I don't have that feeling. This will be my 6th Halloween without trick or treating (and this year, I will probably be working that night anyway, as I have 2 jobs and have had 7 day workweeks for a few weeks now, though I'm trying to find a weekly day off).
2. To put aside childish things. I have not grown up quickly. I believed in the tooth fairy and easter bunny until I was about 10 or 11, but I believed in Santa until I was 13. My mom says whenever I verbally questioned it, she would somehow convince me to believe in Santa again. (Now I try to treat everything she says with skepticism.) I found less interest in trick-or treating through the years. When I was 9, I was an evil nurse, but I became a regular nurse because I was too lazy to mess my hair up in a way to seem evil. When I was 11, I was grateful, but showed less gratitude than I should have. When I was 12, I wondered if I was too old, and when I was 13, I really only went because I had not yet worn a non-returnable costume and I didn't want it to go to waste. No one said anything, but I felt embarrassed. Then when I was 14, I went with my family to get pizza and I saw trick or treaters, but it was nice to not be trick or treating myself.
3. You have a bad name. If you live in a town where you may not trick or treat after age 12 and the law is enforced, you could be arrested for trick or treating. However, if you legally can go one or two more times, do so because middle schoolers are still kids. In high school, you may be juggling extra ciriculars and AP classes anyway, which may not give you the time and energy to go trick or treating.

Now, I think making it illegal for teens to trick or treat is too far (especially since it seems to be inspired by other laws they break, such as vandalism, but if they're going to break higher laws, why are they going to care about age restrictions), but there does come a time where trick or treating needs to stop. Trick or treat throughout middle school and stop in high school.