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PUBLIC MARKS from vacelts with tags movies & parenting

January 2008

Taboo TV/Movie Hijinks and Your Childhood

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I just finished reading the Dennis Hensley's commentary about how kids today, with the help of DVDs, video iPods and YouTube, can see anything and everything. And now I'm reminiscing about the hijinks I pulled as a kid to see what my parents deemed inappropriate.

October 2007

How to Survive a Horror Film: 7 Things Not to Put in Your Child’s Room

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It seems like all the favorite horror films have the same ingredients — creepy bad guy that just won’t die, particular objects that give you the creeps, moments designed to make you jump out of your seat and the poor schmoo that doesn’t even know he’s going to die first. But even knowing the standard formula, could you survive a horror movie?