Haunted Houses for kids?

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Ditto...and really just see how well they do. The moment they start freaking out just go.

It might not be a bad idea for the parent to go through the haunted house/ride first, if possible, to get a sense of what happens (and when). There used to be a haunted house in my area that was fairly scary for smaller children - the problem was that it was difficult to leave the "haunted" area if your child was freaking out. That probably goes the same for a haunted hay ride, where it's tough to get off the hay ride halfway through.

[navane]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

the problem was that it was difficult to leave the "haunted" area if your child was freaking out. That probably goes the same for a haunted hay ride, where it's tough to get off the hay ride halfway through.

Yikes....in my experience, most haunted houses have "chicken exits" at fairly regular intervals. This is especially important if it's an enclosed, walk-through haunted house - they double as the emergency exits.

In response to ForeverRoses, I can remember going to the scary haunted houses as young as 4 years old and my sister was 7. I went with my parents and it was not my choice (they couldn't just leave me outside alone). I was terrified.

Later, around 10 years old, I was an actor in one co-sponsored by our local theatre group and the community college. There were a lot of dark sections, loud bangs, bloody things and mayhem. I wouldn't walk through - still too scary and I was IN it.

Then, I was hired by the San Diego Civic Light Opera to be in their professional haunted house - my first ever paid acting job. For some reason, this second one was less scary - probably because it was more "theatrical" and less blood and guts. So, perhaps the suggestion to have someone preview it first before letting the little one go through is a good idea.

.....Kelly

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by navane

Yikes....in my experience, most haunted houses have "chicken exits" at fairly regular intervals. This is especially important if it's an enclosed, walk-through haunted house - they double as the emergency exits.

That's the way it was in most of the haunted houses I visited. I was a big fan of horror movies growing up, so I used to go quite a bit with friends. There was that one location though without the "chicken exits." We dealt with screaming kids for about 15 minutes.