Stranger Things is quite childish oriented, like The Goonies, so I’m afraid I don’t see your point. You thought it was a dark and strong characters driven series ? Well, think again. SPOILER ALERT Everydody survives, everything is in order at the end, even the “might be dead” character is implied to be alive. And most of the interactions don’t work at all. Again it’s not a terrible series, just it’s average/mediocre. Maybe too long (8 episodes to tell such a thin story…). That’s being said I still don’t get why you’re talking about youngins/teenage audiences.