When Can I Start Showing My Kids Scary Movies?

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It’s late September. There is a chill in the air, leaves beginning to fall from trees, and an overwhelming desire on my end to consume scary stuff. My Spooky Season hasn’t gotten started with much of a bang. However, there was a pretty monumental event this past Saturday: my four-year-olds saw the first Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Special.

That wasn’t my kids’ first experience with something “scary.” Last year, we took a family trip to Sleepy Hollow for the Pumpkin Blaze (highly recommend) and stayed in a tiny Holiday Inn afterward. That night, we huddled around my computer and watched The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad . I had t

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