Literary Terror

Reading books to your son should be an innocent enough affair, right? Close physical bonding between parent and child, improved word recognition, visual stimulation, verbal cadence training, etc. Maybe now we should add to that list the following item: induced fear.

Observe:


A close up of our horrified subject:

Another poor victim of terror:

To hopefully avoid a lawsuit, I must give credit where credit is due:

Young Old hasn't sleep for weeks, and now flinches at the sight of water. Parental advice: Pre-screen the reading material and save your child a lifetime of therapy. [Just kidding, Ms. Intrater. Please, don't sue me for libel. It's a joke. -Ed.]