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According to the Children’s Media Foundation, being exposed to mildly frightening content lays a foundation for understanding that bad things can happen in life-and as they grow older, children will be ready for more adult content.
So why on earth do kids’ movies feature this kind of scary content? Well, good versus evil is a plot line as old as time, for one. Understandably, for these children, movies are just no fun to watch. When these empathetic souls watch a film, even a cartoon, they view the movie’s story like it’s their own, and this can bring up childhood anxieties and fears: What if I were hunted down by a monster made of lava? What if I were separated from my parents? Whether the hero is being chased by a vengeful villain or a heroine’s parents die during a storm at sea, these plot lines can have a powerful effect on many young children, who may still be working to distinguish fiction life from real life.
Have you noticed that even movies billed as kid flicks have some pretty scary moments? The flying monkeys carry off characters in The Wizard of Oz, Bambi loses his home to a fire and his mother is killed by a hunter, Frozen features a territorial ice monster, and Moana includes a fiery monster bent on hunting her down. Photo by Daxiao Productions / Stocksy United