What is too frightening for a child - Grimvisions http://www.grimvisions.com/thecrypt/what-is-to-frightening-for-a-child Where Grim Visions Become Dark Art Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:13:25 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What is too frightening for a child - Grimvisions http://www.grimvisions.com/thecrypt/what-is-to-frightening-for-a-child/comment-page-1/#comment-954 KingUnicorn Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:30:31 +0000 http://www.grimvisions.com/?p=1444#comment-954 I love this quote: "This concentration on kids being scared, as though we as adults can’t be scared. Of course we’re scared." There's a lot to be afraid of in the world. And if we can't face and conqueror our fear of monsters, how will we ever face the very real and dangerous fears that exist - whether we stumble upon them or not - in our daily lives? And great reference to The Balloon Boy. There's a sad example of shutting children away and wrapping them up in fallacies and crack-pot schemes. I love this quote: "This concentration on kids being scared, as though we as adults can’t be scared. Of course we’re scared."

There's a lot to be afraid of in the world. And if we can't face and conqueror our fear of monsters, how will we ever face the very real and dangerous fears that exist – whether we stumble upon them or not – in our daily lives?

And great reference to The Balloon Boy. There's a sad example of shutting children away and wrapping them up in fallacies and crack-pot schemes.

]]> What is too frightening for a child - Grimvisions http://www.grimvisions.com/thecrypt/what-is-to-frightening-for-a-child/comment-page-1/#comment-952 CourtneyMroch Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:32:58 +0000 http://www.grimvisions.com/?p=1444#comment-952 This was awesome. I loved that you shared the article. What an analogy about bubbles! I think sometimes kids are way too sheltered these days, and other times they're not. But I remember seeing a lot of freaky stuff as a child...and somehow I survived. Unscathed. Maybe a little warped for the wear because I do love all things horror, but is that so bad??? This was awesome. I loved that you shared the article. What an analogy about bubbles! I think sometimes kids are way too sheltered these days, and other times they're not. But I remember seeing a lot of freaky stuff as a child…and somehow I survived. Unscathed. Maybe a little warped for the wear because I do love all things horror, but is that so bad???

]]> What is too frightening for a child - Grimvisions http://www.grimvisions.com/thecrypt/what-is-to-frightening-for-a-child/comment-page-1/#comment-947 OliveHalloween Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:13:15 +0000 http://www.grimvisions.com/?p=1444#comment-947 Here is the thing; we expect very little from our children. We treat them like they are stupid, and that is what we are turning out into this world. We don't hold them responsible for much and expect everyone else to give them a hand up or a hand out because they deserve it. Why? I don't know. My children, now 22 and 24, have a respect for all things in the horror industry. When they were very little and asked questions like how does the mans hand move across the floor when it isn't attached to his body? I started telling them about special effects and talking about imagination and fantasy versus reality. Both of my girls enjoy halloween and are very artistic in their own right. I love that they always asked alot of questions and rather than ignoring them I always tried to give them an answer right or wrong, and leave room for a debate. It's cool I never told them that I was always right, but just most of the time. If someone treats you like a child you behave like a child. TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN THEY ARE LITTLE PEOPLE NOT POSSESIONS. Be sure that you tell them that the real monsters look just like everyone else and they may never be scared of a special effects monster again. Here is the thing; we expect very little from our children. We treat them like they are stupid, and that is what we are turning out into this world. We don’t hold them responsible for much and expect everyone else to give them a hand up or a hand out because they deserve it. Why? I don’t know. My children, now 22 and 24, have a respect for all things in the horror industry. When they were very little and asked questions like how does the mans hand move across the floor when it isn’t attached to his body? I started telling them about special effects and talking about imagination and fantasy versus reality.
Both of my girls enjoy halloween and are very artistic in their own right. I love that they always asked alot of questions and rather than ignoring them I always tried to give them an answer right or wrong, and leave room for a debate. It’s cool I never told them that I was always right, but just most of the time.
If someone treats you like a child you behave like a child. TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN THEY ARE LITTLE PEOPLE NOT POSSESIONS. Be sure that you tell them that the real monsters look just like everyone else and they may never be scared of a special effects monster again.

]]> What is too frightening for a child - Grimvisions http://www.grimvisions.com/thecrypt/what-is-to-frightening-for-a-child/comment-page-1/#comment-950 Danni Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:17:58 +0000 http://www.grimvisions.com/?p=1444#comment-950 Thank you for this post, and I have to say I love what OliveHalloween had to say in the comment above mine, it's spot on. A friend of mine and I got into a big fight after seeing 'Where the Wild Things Are' on opening day. I read the book so frequently as a child, I wore out three copies and still have a copy on my book shelf that I take down and read when things get a bit too serious and 'adult' and I'm 26 now. The movie moved something in me to the point of tears a few times and after wards all he said to me was 'wow... that was rough. Now I see why they were saying it wasn't for kids.' I was completely dumb founded... the movie was true to the feelings of the book, even the 'scary' parts. So was he saying the book was too scary for kids too? It led to a big debate and argument, with me on the side of it being a fine children's movie... kids can handle a lot more than people today give them credit for and him on the side of it being inappropriate for kids. Which to me, as someone who grew up watching horror flicks and being impressed by special effects, who's favorite movie was (and still is) Edward Scissorhands (the part where the inventor dies and Edward's scissors go through the rubber hands scared the fuck out of me as a kid... but I lived) I don't get why parents feel the need to shelter their children from every 'scary' thing that comes on screen. In my opinion, the real world is a hell of a lot more scary than any movie and if you keep your kids sheltered they are in for more of a shock than anyone who grew up a decade or longer ago once they hit adult hood... Thank you for this post, and I have to say I love what OliveHalloween had to say in the comment above mine, it's spot on.

A friend of mine and I got into a big fight after seeing 'Where the Wild Things Are' on opening day. I read the book so frequently as a child, I wore out three copies and still have a copy on my book shelf that I take down and read when things get a bit too serious and 'adult' and I'm 26 now. The movie moved something in me to the point of tears a few times and after wards all he said to me was 'wow… that was rough. Now I see why they were saying it wasn't for kids.' I was completely dumb founded… the movie was true to the feelings of the book, even the 'scary' parts. So was he saying the book was too scary for kids too? It led to a big debate and argument, with me on the side of it being a fine children's movie… kids can handle a lot more than people today give them credit for and him on the side of it being inappropriate for kids. Which to me, as someone who grew up watching horror flicks and being impressed by special effects, who's favorite movie was (and still is) Edward Scissorhands (the part where the inventor dies and Edward's scissors go through the rubber hands scared the fuck out of me as a kid… but I lived) I don't get why parents feel the need to shelter their children from every 'scary' thing that comes on screen.

In my opinion, the real world is a hell of a lot more scary than any movie and if you keep your kids sheltered they are in for more of a shock than anyone who grew up a decade or longer ago once they hit adult hood…

]]> What is too frightening for a child - Grimvisions http://www.grimvisions.com/thecrypt/what-is-to-frightening-for-a-child/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Abeje Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:29:42 +0000 http://www.grimvisions.com/?p=1444#comment-949 I just stopped by to say, I got the skull book and its really awesome! Thanks! I just stopped by to say, I got the skull book and its really awesome! Thanks!

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