We finally took our teen to Horror Nights. Here’s what happened.

"Mom, I just wanted to thank you for bringing me. I think that is my favorite thing I’ve ever done at Universal."

These words from my 13-year-old son almost brought me to tears the morning after our first visit to Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights (or "HHN," as most people call it). Maybe it sounds odd that spending a night screaming my way through haunted houses with my teenager made me emotional, but it felt like a milestone of sorts, both for him and for our relationship.

My son has been begging to attend HHN for years. My husband and I are huge fans of all things spooky—he starts decorating for Halloween in August and we watch scary movies most nights of the week—so we wanted to indulge our son’s interest in the event. But we also wanted to make sure he was ready.

Now that we're safely on the other side of his first HHN experience (and already planning his next one), I want to share some of the things we did leading up to the event, as well as some tips for other horror-loving parents who want to bring their kids.

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