I don’t know if people on other
computers can tell I sometimes write in different fonts, but in this case I am
using “cracked” because it seems to fit the feel I want for what I am going to
say.
Last night we had a traditional Halloween
evening, our house had some decorations, we had Halloween music playing, and
children and parents came to the door to collect their treats. We live near a poorer neighborhood so many of
those children come around too. It
might be I am just getting older and more out of touch, but there is to me a
very scary trend with Halloween. I
assume it is necessary and now expected but so many more parents have to
accompany their children to the door to insure their safety than when I was a
boy.
It is sad this has to be, but a
much bigger concern, like an order of magnitude bigger, is what will the long
term affects be on those children, where they come to depend on their parents
for every decision and are never allowed to set out on their own?
Last night I held a Frankenstein
head holding a mouth full of candy for the kids to reach into and take
from. It made noises, said funny things
and had eyes that blinked red lights. I
understand how 6 and younger children would be a bit scared, but more times
than I could count the 14 to 16 year olds were scared to reach in. That scares me! The fear of the new and unknown being
manifest in those young people who are growing into adults does not seem a good
thing to me. Are we adults setting them
up for failure?
