Mommy's gonna get you...

We were having dinner with some friends on Saturday night at the Cheesecake Factory (delicious!) and the conversation turned to their recent trip to L.A. for the Rose Bowl.  During the trip they had an opportunity to meet the girl that climbed out of the TV in the horror movie, The Ring.  That's right, the evil undead child who haunted my dreams for months (and I only saw the trailer).  It turns out this on-screen spawn of Satan is all grown up and well-adjusted and attending college.  She wants to be a teacher.

So, when she has children of her own how soon does she show them the movie?  MPAA ratings aside, I think the movie could be a very good parenting tool.  Mommy used to crawl out of the TV and kill people, and all they did was watch a movie.  So help you God, child, you'd better eat that damn zucchini.  You don't want to make Mommy angry.  She lived in a well when she was a child so you know she is a little unstable.  What's that?  You don't want to go to bed?  That's okay, let's watch some of Mommy's home movies...

This parenting tool probably has a limited shelf life, but you figure that when the effect has worn off the kid will be too emotionally scarred for a while to try anything.  I guess she can start grounding him after that.