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ZombieAladdin Since: Nov, 2010
20th Apr, 2019 09:43:01 PM

I feel like that would be a subtype of No Social Skills. I'd actually be interested in knowing if there's a trope for that, actually—my father, as a horror movie fan, did something like that to me when I was little.

Unsung Since: Jun, 2016
20th Apr, 2019 10:45:13 PM

For that specific example, it could be a downplayed version of Harmful to Minors, possibly an in-universe case of What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids? Can also result in becoming an honorary Cool Uncle if the kids like the stuff they're not supposed to do, and that the non-parent's cluelessness lets them get away with. Can also play into Adults Are Useless.

Can't think of anything closer, though. "Clueless Around Kids" does seem tropable if we don't have it.

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