Creepy, spooky, and scary middle grade books for kids are often readers’ favorite kinds of books. Here are the best scary books for brave readers! Because if your readers love a good jolt of ...

This week, my mom group chat is all abuzz on two things—summer camp plans and The Dinosaurs on Netflix. The ...

Dr. Bethany Cook, PsyD, MT-BC, is a licensed clinical psychologist and author of For What It’s Worth: A Perspective on How to Thrive and Survive Parenting. She's a sought after therapist and quoted ...

It's Halloween season, which means it's time for candy, costumes and horror movies. But experts warn only two of those things may be appropriate for kids. An outraged parent at the charter school ...

"Haunted Mansion" director Justin Simien said seeing scary movies as a kid helped him "feel like you can face the darkness of the world" Jalen Marlowe/Disney Enterprises, Inc. Chase Dillon, Rosario ...

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 ...

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) ...

Sure, a “scary” movie for kids may not scare you as an adult. However, horror movies are for everybody, or at least everybody who wants to indulge, so horror movies aimed toward kids fulfill a niche ...