I think when you’re 10 years old, it’s too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids are better left naive about certain things.

Abrams is arguing for a boundary between children’s entertainment and narratives structured around constant mortal peril. The remark suggests that repeated exposure to death-threat stakes can normalize fear and anxiety rather than foster wonder, and that some forms of “naivete” are developmentally protective—allowing children time to build emotional resilience before confronting the harshest realities. Implicitly, he is also critiquing a trend in modern genre storytelling toward relentless darkness and high stakes, proposing that age-appropriate storytelling should preserve a sense of safety, play, and discovery rather than making existential danger the default dramatic engine.