JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- The terror caused by Sunday's tornado was tough enough on adults, but imagine what it must have been like for a child.

NewsChannel5 reported that it was a close call at the Chuck E. Cheese in Jackson Township, with more than 100 children inside when the storm hit.

The Strip shopping complex in Jackson Township is still marked with boarded-up battle scars. The twister blew away entire store fronts, and Office Max was left looking a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone.

Chuck E. Cheese was less than 500 feet from the storm's path. When the dark clouds rolled in, seven children's birthday parties were going on inside.

"We were all nervous, because we knew it was coming," said Ann Kolosky, manager of Chuck E. Cheese. "We took precautions, we got everyone away from the windows."

The twister passed by the restaurant with no one hurt and no damage.

"(We were) very, very fortunate, because I don't see where they have any place to hide here," said Sally Amstutz, a parent.

Many of the children who were at Chuck E. Cheese again on Monday explained their birthday experience when the storm hit.

"I was like bawling when the lights went out," Carrie Raff, 9, said. "When my mom went to get candles, I'm like, 'Mom, don't leave me.'"

Raff's 9th birthday party was left in the dark. She was just one of dozens of Jackson School District students at Chuck E. Cheese Monday because of canceled classes.

Parents like Lisa Wind said that it's going to take more than just pizza to settle down her children after the storm.

"I couldn't convince them to sleep in their beds last night," she said. "They were afraid the front of the house would be gone."

Psychologists said that the best thing you can do for a child who's been traumatized by a storm is to be supportive and patient and to tell them that twisters of this magnitude are very rare.