Ouija for 11-Year olds?

[wolf]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

There are so many fun games out there. I wonder what the allure is to Ouija?

It's because of the potential for danger, like chanting "Bloody Mary" three times while standing in front of the bathroom mirror in the dark.

Which is what the girls will end up doing whether or not they get the Ouija Board.

It's slumber party tradition.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by wolf

It's because of the potential for danger, like chanting "Bloody Mary" three times while standing in front of the bathroom mirror in the dark.

Which is what the girls will end up doing whether or not they get the Ouija Board.

It's slumber party tradition.

Exactly, I played Ouija because my friends got ahold of one in the 5th grade. It was ilicit so therefore exciting.

I can't imagine a parent pulling one out and saying, "hey try to reach the dead would ya!"


lol HLJ

[glatt]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

I can't imagine a parent pulling one out and saying, "hey try to reach the dead would ya!"

And yet that's exactly what this thread was about. A parent wondering if they should pull out a ouija board as a planned party activity for kids.

I played with them once or twice as a kid going over to friends' houses, but it was never the parent proposing we play the game. I figured out pretty quickly that you could push the thing around yourself to make it say what you wanted to. The game became who would push harder.

I played a lot of games that would get the parents in trouble if they were the ones who came up with them. "You show me yours, and I'll show you mine" is one that comes to mind. Oh, and "burn the stump out with gasoline" is another. "Launch the froggies" was a mean one. I think kids had a lot less supervision back then.