...scare together

…so I let my kids watch R.L Stien’s The Haunting Hour from the Hub. Warning does indicate for children age seven and older, and best watching as a family.  Past reference- I grew up on Night Gallery. Truth be told, I could only get through Rod Sterling’s gallery segments and maybe the first ten minutes of creepy fog filled folklore. (At the time, I prayed my parents would forget me sitting there, or that I’d blend in with the carpet.) It. Never. Happened. Always got caught.

Current stage, in charge, we as a family watched our first show Really You, this soon becomes family fun night and all enjoy the scares. Granted, my son, age three, covered eyes with blanket, and yes a few scenes made me jump that caused a few bad parent messages to ticker through my head. But overall affect, as a family, they were fun, adventuress and something we looked forward watching.

Words of wisdom: Not sure development wise if or when a child’s active imagination starts getting more complex but I do believe at some point, developmentally the concept of fear overtakes the feeling of security.

Hence bad parent reference #1,042 -The Return of Lily D.

The setting: On couch. Kids attention span near perfect, focused on TV show. Parents in room, also attentive. Boy, now age four holding blanket in lap.  

Finish show.

End result…mayhem.  

Not one of my kids wanted to go by themselves into their rooms. Everyone was afraid of the dark. They argued over who would get the dog.  One wanted to sleep with us, while the other cried, they wanted a friend. Bad parent alerts screamed in a crescendo throbbing pitch wail. One word.  S-T-U-P-I-D.

Moral of the story:
Don’t even go there. As a parent, wanting a little excitement. Just go on your Kindle Fire and try to find Night Gallery on Netflix or I heard Dark Shadows (THE ORGINAL) is good.