When I go to work and am informed that our school is safe because we haven't received a clown threat, I'm pissed. Instantly.
When my son is fearful to go to the store at night because he thinks a creepy clown will chase us in the parking lot, I'm beyond irritated.
When my kids' friends are nervous discussing Halloween because clowns might be out, I'm downright stupefied. And angry.
How the heck did we get to a place where idiots have so much control over our kids' hearts? Over our hearts? Why in the world would we let a few crazies in this world immobilize us and ransom our peace?
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I definitely have opinions on the posed questions but I don't have solid solutions for individual situations. I can blanket this issue with some observations though:
Children are terrified at everything nowadays.
We can blame their fear and anxiety on social media. We can blame it on violence in our entertainment. We can blame it on a number of things. All that blame does is remove any ownership from ourselves.
We (society) spread pictures of freaky clowns (or other acts of horror and stupidity) all over the news and give the crazies the celebrity status they crave.
And then we normalize fear!
We don't discuss and address solutions to scary situations because we're simply trying to shield ourselves and our children. But the fact is that we fear what we don't understand. And honestly we don't know the solutions to scary situations and we struggle to understand the depravity that would find humor in striking horror into the hearts of children and adults.
