One year when my girls were young, I thought I'd take them to the mall, I'd heard that's where they'd get lots of goodies. We got there and there was a "line" of sorts, weaving thru the mall from store to store. It would have been ok except for the certain children who would cut in the lines, get their candy and jump out and run to the next store. Their parents were right there, letting them cut in and out. That was the last time.

When I was a kid I lived on Air Force bases. I don't think it got any better than that.