daughters elementary school halloween parade classroom parties stood parents light-dappled playground gorgeous fall witches goblins harry potters cowgirls butterflies traipsed squinting smiling cameras things halloween change elementary school festivities takes back smell school cafeteria things changed friends trick-or-treating parents twelve girls dream sending general feels safe live small midwestern town college students dangerous people trust kids experience childhood resembles youth extra precautions sprinkled bike helmets parent chaperoning people drawn danger crave real things worry manufacture good measure afternoon stood watching darlings parade school costume friend ellen reminded friends sacrificed local news reporter filming year's parade wanted interview parent dangers halloween reporter kids trick-or-treating tonight clueless puzzled reporter worry dangerous send reporter pressing determined angle story worried safety easier stay home annoyed assuming dangers things fear staying home good teach children deal things make understand dangers lookout show world living lives full responsible ways quite news evening nonetheless scary times nation plenty reasons contemplating fear halloween country mired seemingly endless lowered world's opinion economy tanking fear tactics left influence voters heading polls asides mentioned twitter year's scariest halloween costume dress economy wrote fear hope relation election post good true love politics easy fear influences self-defeating ruled fear ruled ignorance stupidity ignorance problem leads fear stupidity product extreme throwing caution wind taking lightly real dangers world knew thing fear luckily wise people pondered problem fear pithiest sentiments sort today whip post putting green makeup eight-year-old franklin roosevelt good reason quite fear president inaugural address foolish optimist deny dark realities moment true today deny dark realities hide shield children pretending exist knew required courage devotion befit time required preeminently time speak truth truth frankly boldly shrink honestly facing conditions country today assert firm belief thing fear fear nameless unreasoning unjustified terror paralyzes needed efforts convert retreat advance dark hour national life leadership frankness vigor understanding support people essential victory franklin roosevelt inaugural address march sites hear read entire inaugural address here's read recently light nation's current state 