[Slyfox]

I disliked ET immensely because the boy smacked his mother on the rear and did not get smacked in the face as a result. He and all his friends laughed about it.

I got so upset I left the theater and waited for my better half to walk out with the kids.

[Borges]

That film and Poltergeist depicted ineffective grown up hippie parents. It was almost critical of them for being that way.