One 'Don't turn around' story is about a girl walking alone at night. She heard strange whispers behind her but was too scared to turn around. As she walked faster, the whispers grew louder. When she finally got home and locked the door, she saw a shadowy figure through the window that had been following her all along.
The superficial meaning of this sentence is: uncultured people are not terrible because they may lack knowledge and cultivation, but what is terrible is that those who are cultured may use their cultural knowledge and means to deceive, threaten and hurt others.
This sentence also reminds us that in the process of learning and growing up, we need to focus on improving our quality and cultivation instead of just pursuing superficial knowledge and culture. Only with high moral quality and inner cultivation could one truly become a cultured person and not a puppet bound and manipulated by culture.
For parents, reading scary stories could negatively impact their mental well-being. It might make them more prone to fear or have trouble concentrating on daily tasks. Plus, it doesn't contribute positively to their parenting role.
Well, when it's dark, our imagination runs wild and scary stories can seem even more terrifying. It can cause a lot of anxiety and make it hard to sleep.
They can also be 'don't get scared' if they teach a lesson about facing our fears. A story where a character is afraid of a dark basement but finds out there's nothing to be afraid of in there. This shows that we should confront our fears instead of being paralyzed by them. Well - crafted short scary stories can use the element of fear to encourage courage.
Here's one. A girl was home alone at night. She heard a strange scratching at the window. When she looked, there was a shadowy figure. But it turned out to be a branch in the wind. It was just her fear making it seem scarier.
Perhaps there wasn't enough interesting or scary elements in Jenny's story to make it worthy of inclusion. Or maybe there were rights issues preventing it from being told.