And it was this plot line that best fit Fox's successful franchise: reaching young adults.
This includes whether the child knows how to handle strangers at the door and how to reach parents or other responsible adults by phone.
Florida's volunteer literacy programs reach adults who read at the lowest reading level and those needing help learning English.
After failing to reach elder adults whom he saw as already set in their ways, he found success with the disenfranchised street youth.
The bookmobile program, started in 1951, reaches kids and adults who can't get to the library in their neighborhoods.
What this says is that we are reaching adolescents and adults who have never known Christ, never been part of a church.
The 4-H Organization was also established to reach adults by educating youth in areas of new agricultural technology and environmental awareness.
The commission also found much improvement in alcohol marketers' efforts to place ads so they reach mostly adults.
In terms of advertising, nobody buys time from us to reach adults.
The hope is to attract marketers seeking to reach young adults who have abandoned television for video games and the Internet.