Get the feedNot as scary as it used to be
Saturday, Oct 31st 2009
Little Bo Peep would make the cut at the Haloween parade at Riverside Drive Elementary School here on Friday, but the
staff she used to menace her sheep would probably have to go. Guns, daggers and other toy weapons have long been excised from
costumes at many school celebrations on Halloween. But in some
classrooms across the country, the interpretation of what is too scary - or offensive, gross or saddening - is now also leading to an
abundance of caution and some prohibitions.
So begins an article in the New York Times about the new face of Halloween... its not as menacing as it used to be.
Nancy French
Nancy French is an author, commentator, and mother. Her next book, about the year her husband spent in Iraq is due out July 4, 2011. Connect with her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NancyAndersonFrench and follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nancyafrench.
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