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Celebrating Halloween dangers, legit and legend.
We’ve written a lot this month about the potential — or, better yet, alleged –risks that go hand-in-hand with trick-or-treating, from losing your child to getting cavities from eating too much candy corn. There are no doubt a few things we need to teach our children to beware of on Halloween (stingy neighbors, carrots instead of candy, McDonald’s coupons), but I think mostly what we do as parents when we tell our children to be scared is perpetuate — maybe subconsciously out of a good-natured sense of tradition — the myths we learned ourselves as children about how dangerous All Hallow’s Eve can be. After all, what fun is a holiday that celebrates all things ghostly without at least a slight sense of spine-tingling spookiness attached?
With that in mind, I thought it would be fun to take a look at all of the scare stories, urban legends and yes, legitimate safety concerns that were pounded into our heads as children of the 70s and 80s every year on Halloween. Let’s reminisce, shall we? After all, there’s nothing to be afraid of… or is there? Continue reading »
While the title of this post sounds facetious, it is in fact based on a real book.
Back in October of 2009 authors Thad Lacinak, Chuck Tompkins and Ken Blanchard (author of The One-Minute Manager) published the book, Whale Done Parenting. The gist of the guide is for parent to use the same techniques on your children as SeaWorld trainers employ with the Killer Whales. Continue reading »
It’s both a frightening toy and horrifying commercial. Sleep well. Continue reading »
I suspect that parents have been complaining about the books schools have assigned or made available just about as long as there have been books and schools. For some, Harry Potter’s wizardry is unacceptable while for others, it is the existence of gay penguins that is problematic. Some object to racism or bigotry and some to political views. And sometimes, a kid just isn’t ready for a book.
Apparently, Pastor Tipton was debating whether or not to preach this day, which is kinda his job. So when his wobbly son approached the stage, daddy gave him the mic.
Please help me celebrate the bestest Halloween movie ever!
It’s been seventy years since a twister dropped Dorothy in Oz, but today’s kids don’t care. They’re still flapping their wings like flying monkeys and pouring cups of water over little siblings’ heads to see if they’ll melt.
And now they’ll be able to see the Wizard of Oz on the big screen – a high def. version is being brought out for an anniversary run on four hundred screens across the country. Continue reading »
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