by Sara McGinnis posted in Parenting

Creepy children, aliens, the possessed, and evil clowns will always keep me far away from a movie theater. But, although I've never been a big horror fan, I wasn't super sensitive to all creepy things until I became a parent.
Back in the day I enjoyed The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project, Signs, and the like. I was white-knuckling it while watching them, but I made it through.
Then I became a parent.
These days I don't even pretend I'm up to watch a scary movie, or any sort of police drama that centers on "crime scenes investigations" or "special victim units." Real-life headlines of horrors happening to families and children are enough to make my stomach churn -- I don't need a dramatized retelling.
Turns out I'm not alone in becoming more of a wuss after having kids.
"Is it normal to stop liking scary movies after you have children"" Redditor medicalprofessional1 recently asked.
They elaborated: "I used to absolutely love all things scary. Haunted houses, scary movies, Halloween! But since my daughter (now 10) was born I've not been able to stomach anything remotely scary. It's so different from the things I use to enjoy. With the new It coming out I want to see it because of how much I loved the old one. But I've not watched a scary movie in ten years. Is this normal""
Comments from those commiserating came pouring in...
mariahmce: "Yep. We stopped watching Walking Dead aft...