Name:

Ms. Blanco

ELA

January 26, 2021

 In preparation for writing your essay, on whether young children should be told scary
tales, you will collect evidence both of the benefits and of the harm of telling children
scary stories. You can also draw from your own experience, and from Torrence’s essay.
Don’t forget to write down the sources you got your evidence from, as you will need
them to properly cite your evidence to support the reasons for your claims.

Complete your evidence chart.

Young Children Should be Told Scary Tales

Arguments in Favor Sources Arguments Against Sources
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Why We Should www.readbrightly.co Nightmares: kidshealth.org/en/
Share Sad and Scary m/why-we-should- Sometimes parents/
Stories with Kids: share-sad-and-scary- nightmares are part nightmare.html#:~:te
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touches feeling of to trauma — such as %20nightmares
compassion and https:// a natural disaster, %20are%20part
sorrow, and scary www.theguardian.co accident, or injury. %20of,before
figures such as ogres m/books/2016/aug/ For some kids, %20bedtime%20can
and trolls give our 25/one-third-of- especially those with %20inspire
heroes a worthy parents-avoid- a good imagination, %20nightmares.
adversary.” reading-children- reading scary books
scary-stories-study- or watching scary
One third of parents finds movies or TV shows
avoid reading just before bedtime
children scary stories, https:// can inspire
study finds: kidengage.com/ nightmares.
blog/2020/10/boo-
“Children are often can-reading-scary-
being wrapped up in stories-benefit-
cotton wool,” said children/
Kenny. “Risk and fear
are something we
need in childhood.
We know that people
who take risks, in the
long term, do better
than those who don’t
… And how can you
feel safe and secure
until you know what
it’s like to be afraid?
Anything that gives
you a wide range of
emotions in a safe
and controlled
environment is
great.”