Anything that is too scary is not fun.
A couple of Halloween's ago, Kenz and I and her mommy trick or treated in a neighborhood where the houses are close together. The front yards were heavily displayed with graves and skeletons and spider webs. The doors were opend by mean warty witches and monsters with green eyes who were frowning. Pretty soon we were avoiding the houses that looked like they might be too scary. To be a little scared is fun, it's a surprise; to be bewildered is not.
Halloween is fun, but anything that is too scary is not fun. Some of this stuff is too scary for little children and sometimes they don't admit it. They need grown-up sensitivity to help them sort out the real from the fake.
Even the Halloween aisle at the drugstore has those machines which talk in very low voices, saying "Where are going? Hey, where are going?" when you walk by. These are scary to little ones who don't understand batteries.
There is so much fun to be had on Halloween, costumes, candy, pumpkins and friends. But, anything that is too scary is not fun, even if it is make-believe.
Happy Halloween
Nana Connie
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