The very first movie I ever watched in a cinema was Mulan. I was five years old when the film came out. My Mom and my Aunt took me to see it knowing how much I enjoyed Disney movies and songs. I was stoked! But what I wasn’t prepared for were the bad guys — the Huns. Towering men with mean-looking faces. My Mom told me to close my eyes until they disappeared from the screen, and so I did. Obviously, they kept on appearing throughout the movie, but good thing my anxiety didn’t last long. Mulan defeats them in the end, after all! As an adult, I know fictional characters can’t hurt me, but as a child, I didn’t realize that fully yet. So, what do you do when kids come across scary things like spooky scenes in movies? Should you let them keep watching until they realize it isn’t real or should you switch off the TV? Keep reading!

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