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[quote=Anonymous]My eight year old dressed up as Harry Potter this year. He already wears glasses and has a minor scar on his forehead from a toddler-era accident (not in a lightening bolt shape though) so I helped him draw a small Harry Potter-style scar to complete the look. At a neighborhood Halloween event, another parent confronted me and him about the drawn-on lightening bolt scar and told us how offensive it was.

I understand where this person was coming from in one sense. I think we can all think of examples of Halloween make-up and accessories that are offensive and mocking and/or dehumanizing to people with facial or other physical scars or differences. But I also didn't feel like my kid was denigrating people with facial scars with this particular costume, perhaps in part because he already does have a small, but noticeable, forehead scar. But even if a kid doesn't have a forehead scar, I still think it's acceptable for them to dress as Harry Potter and draw on a lightening bolt.

Anyway, just looking for some outside perspective here and if I should reconsider allowing my younger kid (without glasses or a forehead scar) to recycle this costume a few years from now if he wants. [/quote]

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