scary things and kids

[Joywitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 4398

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Anake <neptune_1984 at y...> wrote:
> > But I was wondering . . . how about you other parents out there 
who
> > have read Harry Potter to your kids.  Have you encountered any 
> > night fears  due to the books?  How have you handled them?
> 
> >I don't have any children, but I remember that when I was a child, 
<<
> 
> Same as me. When I was around nine, I read Stephen King's Cujo. 
Back then (and now,
> at age 18) I have a huge imagination and get scared over EVERYTHING 
(I'm scared of
> the hallway outside of my room for crying out loud)! Well, I had 
those "monsters in
> the closet" thoughts like Tad had in the book, and I would imagine 
Cujo lurking in
> the dark while I ran to my bed. Then don't get me started on 
"Psycho" and showers,
> or "The Exorcist" and beds!

Yeh, I would be careful about scary books and movies if I had kids.  
When I was about 6 years old, some idiot took me to see the Hitchcock 
movie The Birds.  I had to be taken outside in the middle of the 
movie.  It wasnt until I was in my 20s that I realized why birds 
always made me feel nervous.  I have pretty much gotten over it, 
although to this day I am appalled when I see a photo of someone 
standing inside a big flock of them feeding them breadcrumbs.

-- Joywitch, who does not have any pet birds and instead has 2 cats 
who keep the little flying maniacs away