Most of us have intuitive thoughts, where our inner voice says something bizarre. But being functional adults, we don’t let that voice win. Children, however, haven’t yet developed the ability to ...

Tigger’s got them triggered. After a fourth-grade class in Florida was shown the slasher film “Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood” by their math teacher this month, experts are warning that horror ...

There's a big difference between playing peek-a-boo with kids and truly scaring them. Identifying the level of scariness associated with an activity, particularly when selecting movies to watch with ...

Driving down the road, I heard a sudden sob from my three-year-old in the back seat. I pulled to the shoulder and opened his door, ignoring the traffic whizzing by. He was inconsolable and almost ...

"Haunted Mansion" director Justin Simien said seeing scary movies as a kid helped him "feel like you can face the darkness of the world" Benjamin VanHoose is the Senior News Editor on the TV team at ...

My colleague Ailsa Chang recently spent some time talking with NPR staffers about the movies. It is the latest in our regular series Cineplexity. Here's Ailsa. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) ...

Gizmo is all cute smiles and cooing till his owner deviates from a few simple rules. Allstar Picture Library Limited/Alamy Horror has always helped us establish the boundaries of acceptability by ...

These days it can feel like the amount of bad news and tragedies in the world is overwhelming. As adults, we have different strategies for coping, but it can be tricky figuring out how to talk to ...