Comments on: Thriller Culture Too Scary https://ldsblogs.com/30929/thriller-culture-too-scary Sun, 01 Nov 2015 05:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rachel Wagner https://ldsblogs.com/30929/thriller-culture-too-scary#comment-536794 Sun, 01 Nov 2015 05:25:03 +0000 http://en.elds.org/ldsblogs-com/?p=30929#comment-536794 I honestly think it depends on the kid. Some kids like to be scared. It makes them feel grown up. I think it depends on the type of scare. For instance, Disney’s Ichabod story is pretty scary but it is relatively brief and it doesn’t present any kind of threat to a child. It’s a ghost story. Or the recent Goosebumps I think is fine for older kids. Everything is so obviously silly that I think kids have fun with it. Would I show it to kids under 6? No but even something like Pinocchio has some good scares in it but it is all part of the story and eventual lesson being learned. Same with Wizard of Oz. Learning to appreciate scares and have fun with them is part of learning to appreciate different kinds of stories.

I think you have to look at each individual child when it comes to scares and not make a hard and fast rule they are bad. But that’s just me. Interesting post.

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