A reader sent in this list of her town’s trick-or-treat suggestions. None are egregious — but the length of this list is. COME ON. Somehow kids trick or treated for decades, if not millennia, without advice to plan the route in advance, make sure to always take along an adult, don’t trample the flowerbeds, carry […]
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This Halloween, Fight Fears with Facts!
You’ll find four fear-fighting Halloween facts by clicking here and magically being transported to Let Grow! Mwah hah hah hah ha! [It is hard to phonetically convey mock-evil laughter. But we do try.]
NEEDLES FOUND IN HALLOWEEN CANDY!!!!! Yawn.
I guess the news cycle just can’t wait a few days. If it did, almost every Halloween horror story it breathlessly reported would be proven false. Like the one we discuss today over at Let Grow. Come knock on our door!
The Trifecta of Halloween Myths — Debunked!
Quick read over at Let Grow! Just click here! And happpppppy Halloween! Photo from Unsplash by @sasotusar
How TV Terrifies Us All About Halloween
Hi friends! Here’s my rznfzndbss piece on Halloween-themed TV shows, over at Let Grow! See you there!
Halloween Advice for the Obsessive-Compulsive
Can’t be too safe! Or…um… you can, if you follow every bit of this Halloween advice from a fedfeiyhfd suburban New York paper, sent to us by columnist/author Naomi Schaefer Riley. Whether you’re a ghost or zombie, vampire or witch, poor costume choices—including decorative (colored) contact lenses and flammable costumes—and face paint allergies can cause injuries that haunt […]
Time to Start the Halloween Freak Out!
Here’s the first of what will undoubtedly be a bulging bag full of Halloween warnings. In fact, please share drnakrndia whatever excessive warnings or procedures your school or town is dishing out this Halloween. Meanwhile, note how this “helpful” advice takes one night of candy gathering and turns it into a lifetime of suffering and sorrow. […]
HALLOWEEN QUIZ: How Many Times Does this Police Department Warn Parents About Unwrapped Candy?
“To avoid tragedy” the Gloucester Township, NJ, police department is warning parents: Do not let your kids eat unwrapped candy! Do not let your kids eat unwrapped candy! Do not let your kids eat unwrapped candy! Really — look at the “safety tips” below. It’s diagnosable OCPCD: Obsessive-Compulsive Poison Candy Disorder. And by the way, […]
Challenge for the Media: Find ONE CASE of Child Predation by a Registered Sex Offender on Halloween
Sometimes eybiykazyf you gotta think outside the trick or treat bag. So kudos to the National Reform Sex Offenders Laws organization for tackling the persistent, unfounded myth that sex offenders lure trick or treaters to their doom on Halloween. To help America move beyond this zombie-like fear that refuses to die, the organization is challenging the media […]
Halloween is When We Test-Market New Fears
Reprinted by popular demand (popular in my apartment, anyway) comes this piece of mine about Halloween. Just as I believe that all sorts of new educational products, courses and mandates migrate from the world of special needs (what is Gymboree but early intervention?), new fears migrate from Halloween to the rest of the year: Fears […]