When you were kids, how long did you stay out trick or treating?

My son says now he can't even get out of the car when he drops the kids off. you have to wait there until a school attended comes and get your kid from the car. we have an 11 and a 14 year old boy that moved in next door almost a year ago and I've seen them three times.. that's just running to the car and running back to the house... Though we did get six or seven groups of kids this year it was way off of last year.... It'll go away soon...