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Is Halloween too scary for kids?

  • Written by Matthew Thompson, Lecturer in History and Communications, University of Southern Queensland
Is Halloween too scary for kids?Charles Parker/ Pexels

It is easy to see Halloween as an inappropriate time for children. With its mixture of bloody costumes and scary themes, it can often feel like it is luring kids into topics they are not ready to grapple with.

However, since the time of fairy tales, the gothic and the macabre have held a fascination for children.

Why?

If...

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