Growing up, I heard many stories. Being half Mexican and half Puerto Rican, I heard many stories of each culture. However, the story that stood out the most was the story of "La Llorona". The story of a woman who killed her children thanks to the fact her husband left her all alone was often told. For other families, this is what was told in order to scare their children from going out alone at night. However, for our family it was just a way of bringing everyone together.
Since the family would always be busy, telling scary or thought provoking stories was what kept us entertained. We would come together and just talk about these stories, and just have a good time. Thanks to stories such as " La Llorona" really brought out family together and had us just wanting to hear more and more. Those stories weren't just to teach lessons, they were ways to bring the family together as one and experience a healthy and fun way to come together.
People may think that telling scary stories is not a way to spend family time because it's just meant to scare and not bring family together, but I completely disagree. Of course these stories bring people together. These stories have been passed down for a reason. People listen and they then share what they have heard or learned. It then becomes a tradition and a regular thing after it's done so many times. Families can have their stronger bonds thanks to stories, because they can have their own family tradition story, and for us, it's "La Llorona".
Perhaps this is comparable to people's enjoyment of being terrified by horror movies. On the surface, it may look strange that anyone would enjoy it, but they do.
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