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The Most F**ked Up Kids' Movies Of All-Time

Reddit user Inflatabledartboard4 was curious about others' childhood cinematic trauma and asked: 'What is the most f*cked up kids' movie?'

When we think of children's movies, we may think of harmless fun.

But that doesn't mean there isn't some seriously messed up content in those films.

Like ever notice at least one parent is almost always dead—or dies!—during every Disney animated film?

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Don't even get us started on Old Yeller.

Anyway...

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Even if society as a whole seems to become more tolerant with each passing year, bullying still remains an ever-growing problem.

Particularly at schools.

Some might say bullying has only gotten worse, as social media often means children are no longer safe when they're out of school hallways and in the comfort of their own homes.

What is perhaps most disturbing and perplexing about bullying is there is never a justifiable reason for people to behave so appallingly.

Often, children bully other children to make them seem cool or powerful in the eyes of others.

Most of the time, they will also pinpoint a certain thing about their helpless victims as a feeble excuse to justify their bullying.

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There are few better methods of getting out of doing something than pretending to be asleep.

Needless to say, your friends and loved ones will most likely wake you up in the case of a genuine emergency.

Other times, however, if you're just not quite ready to play with your children, answer a question that can wait, or simply talk to anyone, pretending to be asleep is a fairly surefire way of avoiding all those things.

However, as with any sneaky maneuver, it has some downsides.

Namely, that you might overhear something someone else didn't want you to hear.

But since you were "asleep", they thought they could get away with saying it.

Making the probability of actually falling asleep a very difficult endeavor.

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Who hasn't claimed they've been "scarred for life" by something?

Usually something fairly trivial, like a scary movie, a food that disagreed with them, or a poor travel experience.

As a result, we say it more in jest than anything else.

Unfortunately, there are those who have had experiences that genuinely scarred them for life.

Memories so deeply implanted in their heads that they will never be able to erase them, no matter how hard they try.

Often witnessing people in situations that we could never imagine anyone finding ourselves in.

Situations that were anything but trivial, and sometimes legitimately life or death.

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Generation by generation we can either uplift or destroy this thing called life.

There is so much baggage we as humans carry for far too long.

Time for some cleansing.

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