really bad kids and their stories

One reason could be a lack of proper parental supervision. If parents are not around to teach right from wrong, kids might engage in bad behavior.

Sure. There was a kid who constantly bullied others at school. He would take their lunch money and push them around. Another one was a girl who liked to spread false rumors about her classmates just for fun.

One reason horror stories aren't good for kids is that they might affect a child's emotional well-being. It can make them overly scared or nervous, and even impact their daily life and behavior.

Not necessarily. Listening to stories can have many benefits for kids, like expanding their imagination and vocabulary.

In kids stories, common bad guys include witches. For example, in 'Hansel and Gretel', the witch is a very typical bad guy. She tries to eat the children. Another type can be big bad wolves, like in 'Little Red Riding Hood'. The wolf is sly and wants to harm Little Red Riding Hood.

Well,'really bad bedtime stories' might refer to stories that lack a proper moral or positive message. They could be just random tales that don't teach anything good, like a story about a character who is mean all the time without any consequences or lessons learned. It's not ideal for bedtime as it doesn't give the listener something positive to think about as they drift off to sleep.

"Bad Kids" was a book by Zijin Chen. It was the second book in his "socialistic" mystery trilogy ("Crime Without Evidence,""Bad Kids,""The Night Is Hard to See"). It was created in 2013 and published by Hunan Literature and Art Press. In 2020, it was adapted into the mystery drama "Hidden Corner" produced by iQiyi. The novel told the story of Zhu Chaoyang, Ding Hao, and Pu Pu, three children who accidentally photographed the substitute teacher Zhang Dongsheng's criminal behavior while playing in the scenic area. Then they were involved in a series of events. In the book, Zhu Chaoyang had an outstanding IQ, but he was not popular in school. His family environment was complicated, his parents divorced, his father cared little about him after he remarried, and he was also ostracized by his half-sister. This series of encounters magnified the evil thoughts in his heart. He first pushed Zhu Jingjing to her death, then planned to kill his father and stepmother. Finally, he used a diary to clear his suspicion and push the blame to Pupu, Ding Hao, and Zhang Dongsheng. In the book, Pu Pu and Ding Hao also had their own dark backgrounds. Pu Pu was cold, unsociable, scheming, and vicious, and many bad things were planned by her. Ding Hao was impulsive, did things without thinking, had a big mouth, and was addicted to games. Compared to the adapted TV series, the original plot was darker and surreal. For example, in the plot of Zhu Jingjing's death, in the TV series, Pu Pu tricked her to the fifth floor, and she ran to the balcony and accidentally stepped on the air and fell to her death. In the original work, Zhu Chaoyang was pushed to the window to scare her after Zhu Jingjing scolded him for being an illegitimate child. After Zhu Jingjing threatened to tell her parents, Zhu Chaoyang pushed her to death. In the original novel, Yan Liang was Xu Jing's uncle. After becoming a police officer, he taught at Zhejiang University. He was Zhang Dongsheng's teacher and the first person to solve the murder case. However, the TV series erased this character setting and replaced the name "Yan Liang" with "Ding Hao". It also added the character, Old Chen, who did not exist originally. In the original novel, the reason why Pupu and Ding Hao escaped was because they were molested by the new director of the orphanage, not because of Pupu's younger brother in the TV series. In the original novel, Pupu's younger brother had already died, and Pupu still stubbornly believed that his father had been wrongly accused by the police as a murderer. The ending of the novel was written in an open-ended style. It ended with Yan Liang's hesitation. There was a high chance that Yan Liang did not expose Zhu Chaoyang. Watching "Wild Child" wasn't enough. Everyone, please click to read the novel!

The story of the ghost librarian. In an old library, there's a ghost who used to be a librarian. At night, he just puts the books back in order. He might float by the shelves, but he's not there to frighten anyone. He loves books so much that he continues his job even in the afterlife.

They are often mean. For instance, the wolf in 'The Three Little Pigs' is mean as he tries to blow down the pigs' houses to eat them. They are also usually sneaky. Witches in many stories use their magic in sneaky ways to get what they want.

Maybe it's because some creators think such themes attract attention or they want to show some negative behaviors for educational purposes.