Lucy Baker and Amanda Howell Abstract: This paper focuses on how families of Hawkins, Indiana respond to trauma and threat and considers how the idea of family itself shifts in Stranger Things between Seasons One and Two. “Parenting into the Spin” (or skid) refers to what the authors see as a particular valorization of adaptive and … Continue reading Parenting Into the Spin: Trauma, Coming of Age, and Raising Children in Stranger Things