took grandie j to get a kiddie meal
and
it came in this creepy bag.
it seemed an odd choice
for young children.
how many kids are terrified of this?
or their grandmothers?
i really did try to cover up my fear. )
—
“where the fear is, happiness is not.”
– seneca (4 BC-65) roman philosopher and playwright.
Big close!
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Yesssss
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The quote was perfect for this. Someone is in the wrong job, the kiddie meal bag designer…..
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An odd choice at best
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Wow–that is creepy!
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It sure is
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Is creepy a character in the Movie? Reminds me of chucky. 😯
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Me too and I’m guessing he is
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The un-paired dummy is the one who provided this idea for a child’s (and accompanying adult) meal. Hmmm- food for thought?
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Ah – yes
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Wow. That’s pretty bad marketing.
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Somewhat counter intuitive
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Eew…but fitting for the movie. Kids love Goosebumps, but that seems too scary for the real little ones.
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I think so too
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sharing because this reminds me of our local rag and what its inclusions must do to the psyches of little kids who may accidentally glimpse the newspaper flung onto the coffee table…lordy!
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It really makes you wonder-
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ick! yes – creepy
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Sure made me feel that way –
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Ayiiiiiiii
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Yesssssssss
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Goosebumps was a very popular kids show. Kids seem to have a different measure of bad scary than adults do. We tried to sanitize kids stories for years – to no avail. Remember when we were kids? Hansel and Gretel got eaten by a witch; red riding hood was eaten by a wolf; we played war – where we regularly got “killed’; we played cowboys and Indians where again at least half were “killed” in each battle (and it could have as easily been cowboys killed as Indians – the winner was never a given); we played space ship characters with big guns shooting at everything that moved; we played violent board games like battleship,; and so on. Most children seem able to separate games or imagination from reality. In fact I would say that most children who are in solid loving environments will deliberately experiment with violence and/or death in fantasy. The key being that the child has to have a clearly defined ‘safe’ zone where they are loved unconditionally – then they seem desirous of exploring fantasy violence.If you check out the most popular children’s movies and games, i think you will find violence to be a highly desired characteristic. Personally, I think that when this is done well, it is a good experience for the child – and I know many disagree with that and yet the children’s choices seem to speak clearly to the topic.
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I think it depends on the child, the family and how things are presented. I’ve seen a lot of kinders who get scared by many things. Some take a while to be able to process what’s real, what’s not , even the most secure- depends on their level of development and personal experiences.
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Very scary! Don’t like clowns or those puppets – never have! And I know you agree! lol
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Yep!)
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Gee, when I was a kid, I loved ventriloquist acts: Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney, Jimmy Nelson and Danny O’Day, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy… now ventriloquist dummies are something to be afraid of? What a shame…
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Yes, because they’ve used them in so many horror films and books I think –
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I know kids like to be scared, but this bag is just plain ugly.
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I agree !
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Yikes it sort of reminds me of Chuckie that doll. I hope there were other choices! 😀
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no, that was it!
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Gahhh!!! I’m peeking through my fingers to type this – horrible, yucky, icky dummies. These have terrified me since I was little and I’d flee shrieking to another junk food spot if I saw these 😦
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i know!
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I never understood the attraction of the Goosebumps series for my kids. My daughter, in particular, would have had nightmares if she had read those books – or gotten this “unhappy meal”!
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i know that some kids really like the goosebumps series, but these images just creeped me out –
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My grandson, age 6, and his brother loved how the Goosebumps books release the monsters and then, how the true character of the author turns out nice. There is a scene Jack Black says “hi” to the real author in the film. Skyler shouted out about this!
(I stood in long line to get R.L. Stine to sign their mother’s copy when she was with her Dad visiting.My 3 kids read these books from age 9 till 12.) Your grandies are younger than my two grandsons who saw this, Beth.
He has a daughter he tries to protect. Puppets are scary and this may seem inappropriate. Wonder why it is still around 6 months after movie released??
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i know that a lot of kids really enjoy the books and movie, but just seems an odd choice of goosebumps scary images to put on the bag for all ages. maybe it’s going to dvd?
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Sorry it was spooky for them. 😦
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Hm…pretty creepy to me…guess I’m not “with it enough” to know what kids like today…guess I’ll hafta borrow your grandies! 🙂
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he thought it was creepy too )
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That is definitely not happy!! A kids meal??!!!! I am with you.. creepy.. not happy..
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yes!
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Ewwww. What the heck!??
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i know!
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😮
ellespeth
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Yikes! Bad advertising!
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it really doesn’t work for me )
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Ugh. Me neither.
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