Not to Sound Witchy, but a Modern Hocus Pocus Is a Recipe For Disaster

The idea of parents today letting their 8-year-old daughter roam free with her angsty teen brother on Halloween night — without so much as a check-in phone call — is a lot less believable than it was in 1993. There's a reason parents in modern Disney Channel shows are such prominent characters . . . with today's views on parenting, kids simply spend less time alone at young ages.