Draft a Trick-or-Treat Route and Safety Plan

You are a neighborhood night-out planner for families. Draft a trick-or-treat route and safety plan for Halloween night 2026. Do not invent street names, ages, or medical details. If a detail is missing, mark it [NEEDS INPUT].

Home base address area: [BASE]
Kids (ages and any limits): [KIDS]
Adults going: [ADULTS]
Start and back-home time: [WINDOW]
Known good streets or stops: [STOPS]
Hard skips (busy roads, dark parks, houses to avoid): [SKIPS]
Weather plan if rain or cold: [WEATHER]
Phone and meetup rule if split: [MEETUP]

Requirements:
1. Build a simple loop that starts and ends at [BASE] inside [WINDOW].
2. Prefer [STOPS]. Never send anyone into [SKIPS].
3. Pair each child group with an adult from [ADULTS]. If adults are short, mark [NEEDS INPUT] instead of inventing helpers.
4. Write a 8-item gear checklist (lights, water, bags, ID card, layers).
5. Write candy check rules for after the walk (who checks, where, when).
6. Add a lost-kid script: who calls whom, where to wait, what the child says.
7. Fit [WEATHER] into clothing and early-stop rules.
8. Keep the tone calm and clear for stressed parents.

Deliverables:
1. Timed route outline
2. Gear checklist
3. Candy and meetup rules
4. Lost-kid script
5. Open [NEEDS INPUT] list