Who Think stories, go to the Mothers Who Think home page. Then again, if he is a penis grabber, keep him away from mine. Wild Thing Books for bad children Bring on the ghosts, the ghouls and the unhappy endings. High noon for nurturers Penelope Leach faces off with the Ezzos in a nasty turf war.
Someone needs a spanking.
But we have read the stories. We know them as gospel. Every year, on Nov. 1, there is an article about a pin pulled out of a Tootsie Roll or a child who was hospitalized due to some Halloween malevolence. It is the story that circulates at the PTA meetings and soccer games, that puts another nail of fear into our consciousness. Each year, we use the story to justify a further tightening of the leash on our long-suffering trick or treaters.