That Halloween prank Jimmy Kimmel asks parents to do every year is actually cruel
You know who?s super gullible" Kids. They?re innocent and naïve, and tend to believe in things like fairies and unicorns and monsters under the bed (the latter of which could still be real IMO). And because they?re sweet and gullible, they?re easy to fool.
We fool our kids all the time, if you think about it. We weave tall tales about Santa and the Easter Bunny. We tell them ?10 more minutes? when we really we mean two. We eat chocolate in front of them and inform them it?s beer-flavoured.
We also?some of us anyway?convince them we?ve eaten all their Halloween candy, record their grief, and post it online for strangers to see. Gosh, kids are so gullible! ROTFL.
Except? I?m not really laughing at that last one.
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10 genius ways to deal with all that Halloween candyI?m talking about the annual Jimmy Kimmel stunt, where the late night ABC talk show host encourages parents to tell their children they?ve eaten all the Halloween candy, record the reactions (rage, tears, sometimes swearing and mild violence), and send the clips into the show. Jimmy’s been urging parents do this for the past seven years now.
Participating parents, obviously, think it?s all in good fun. I think it?s awful.
Right about now, dozens (hundreds") of readers a...
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