
My five year old has always loved everythiny "spooky" so it's no wonder he clinged onto videos of video games after burning himself out on coralline, monster house, nightmare before Christmas and paranorman. I allow him an hour a day of screen time. Half the time he is watching YouTube videos of five nights at Freddy's, bendy and the ink machine, hello neighbor, etc (i do monitor which channels he watches) and the other half he is either playing minecraft or roblox with his favorite horror characters. My child has quite the imagination and has made many friends (albeit, not in his grade) playing as these characters during recess and after school.I am happy he has found his own specific interests but I'm worried about his schools perception of them. My child is an avid drawer, quite talented too, everyday he comes home with a stack of drawings and if you didn't know what they were from it would like I'm raising a serial killer. Ok, it's not that bad, there is no gore in his drawings, just many creepy monsters and dead guys with x's for eyes. In art class they were assigned to draw a house. Most kids houses were white picket fences but my child drew a black house with a creepy oak tree to go with it. I'm honestly surprised he hasn't been sent to the school counselor yet.I was a lot like him at his age. I loved ghost stories and incorporated the unknown into every project I was given. I was at a catholic school and my parents were given the choice to either send me to therapy or to change schools. I ended up being put on Prozac at age 6 and lost all my creativity which "solved the problem." I never stopped having an interest in creepy stuff though. I do know that I was a happy kid before years of therapy and medication. I fully got off medication when I was 18, and though the first few years were really hard, my brain fully adjusted and now I'm a happy normal adult. So I might be overthinking this. I just know that despite my kids creepy interests he is a happy, fun loving kid who enjoys each day to his fullest and I don't want his interests to hinder that. While I know my case was extreme, I'm just want to hear other parents thoughts. Am I overthinking or is there a real possibility CPS will be knocking on my door? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2oFlnXB
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