Quote from Tim in I Was a Teenage Taylor
Jill: What are we gonna do about them? Tim: Well, what any good parents would do. Scare the daylights out of them. Jill: "An eye for an eye" is not my idea of good parenting. Tim: Honey, I know this is your area and you're the expert here, but let me explain a little about the psychology of Halloween. Jill: This should be good. Tim: Just go with me for a minute. When a child puts a severed head, real or otherwise, in an oven, they're not doing that to scare you. They're doing that to reach out. They're saying, "Mom and Dad, I love you. Please, please, scare me." Jill: [laughs] It would really mean a lot to you if I went along with this, wouldn't it? Tim: It's not for me. It's for the children.