Tonight, after Katie finished dinner, she disappears upstairs to go shower, and Ellen, Kim and I are all still finishing up. All of a sudden, Katie reappears crying loudly, for no apparent reason. Through her sobs, I discern that she's upset because our neighbors, 3 very sweet kids that Katie and Ellen play with (and were playing with today), decided to explain to Katie what a serial killer was. As Katie sobbed, she explained that she was scared of the serial killers.
Poor bug. Our kids are very sheltered. They've never watched scary movies or TV (except the last Harry Potter movie, which was pretty scary, and only Ellen went to see it, not Katie). Katie hasn't even read the more recent Harry Potter books because they're too scary. In fact, she covers her ears during the scary parts of the audiobook of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets--and covers her eyes during the movie.
I know many parents whose kids have seen all sorts of frightening movies and TV, and are mostly inured to those images, but, for good or bad, ours mostly aren't, and I'm guessing that Katie's dreams won't be pleasant for a few days.
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