I mentioned the effect Snapchat’s spooky filters have had on a few unsuspecting kids in Friday’s “Kids in the News,” but someone sent me this montage of a whole bunch in a row and I just had to share.
Although I can totally see testing these out on your kids for a laugh, this would seriously have given me nightmares as a child. Check out how terrified these kids are below and tell me if you think it’s funny or horrible or both.
In any case, I hope these parents have started saving for future therapy bills. And future electricity bills, since their kids will be sleeping with the light on for the rest of their lives.
FYI, I did not try the spooky filter out on my girls and opted for the more innocent filters like the heart eyes and rainbow puke, which Harlow and Mazzy were both delighted by.
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That might be funny to do to my 10 year old son who LOVES Halloween, zombies, etc; however, there’s not a chance I would do this to my 2 year old daughter. That just seems mean to me. Those poor babies. 🙁
I’m sorry…the first reaction is to laugh but, yes, it’s horrible. These poor little kids getting the poop scared out of them…as the mother of a daughter who is already in my bed every night because she’s afraid of the dark, I couldn’t do this to her….
This is so mean! As much as I would joke about doing this to my kids I would never actually do it. I am also dealing with a 7 year old who has boycotted Halloween because of the scare factor…it’s pretty sad to see her anxious and freaking out about something she’s seen in a store and not enjoy a fun holiday! Plus..who’s candy am I going to steal?!
I think it’s absolutely terrible.
I, myself, love a good scary movie, but I didn’t at 3, or 4, or even 8.
There could be lasting reprocussions to that, like making them scared to look in the mirror, or making them scared of what kind of monster is inside of them.
Maybe those parents think that’s innocent, but don’t kids have enough struggle trying to love themselves?
Let’s not make it worse by making them see a monster inside themselves.
my husband and I just watched this last night and were discussing it. Our 6yo daughter loved to be scared but I wouldn’t do this with her until she was much older. The look in the eyes of these kids is awful. Most are WAAAAY too young. Also, it is obvious that the video reel consists of mostly second shots – you know after you see how “great” the reaction is, do it again and tape it this time. How do we know this? Because the kids are BEGGING their parents not to do it again. Seriously! Talk about giving your kids trust issues!
Mean to the point of being an adult-bully. My 12 year old who is a normal well adjusted kid to this day talks about the movie Coraline and how it freaked her out when she was 6! We didnt realize it was so creepy and tried to turn it off but by that point was too late. Kids have awesome memories, scaring like this is NOT just a one-off! And to film clearly for adult enjoyment of laughing at their terror is terrible! I dont usually soapbox as so many actual terrible parenting things go on such as actual abuse/neglect, but the trend to film shaming kids, scaring kids, trying to get kids to cry ie the I ate your candy videos … no wonder kids/teens have no empathy when it comes to social media! Seriously. For shame on those parents!!
I read the comments before watching and was fully prepared for heavy eyerolling, but I admit, those were pretty scary. I wouldn’t do it to Anna, I just got her into the Halloween store for the first time this year!
I’m firmly in the “This is horrible” camp – especially for those kids who were already showing fear but the adult kept showing them. That’s just mean and disrespectful. Show the app to your adult friends or willing teenagers and have a good laugh, but leave the tiny tots out of it.
omg – those poor babies – I wanted to hug them thru the video!!! My 4 year old likes doing these filters but I would never do them if he was that scared!!
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