A study has revealed that one in five parents have ditched the likes of Hans Christian Andersen or the Brothers Grimm in favour of more modern books. They say the stories are scary & children even cry after hearing them.
You know Hans Andersen is too depressing for children. I remember as a kid, all those stories used to bother me. I didn’t like how they ended. Everything seemed unfair but throwing away classics just like that seems not right either. I believe it gives an opportunity to children to think. The modern stories are just okay. I went through a couple of them but I don’t think they could beat the classics. However, it’s up to parents. I wonder if this step will raise better kids.
Anyhow, the top 10 fairy tales that parents no longer read out to children are:
Hansel and Gretel - Storyline about two abandoned kids is thought likely to scare children
Jack and the Beanstalk - Deemed too 'unrealistic'
Gingerbread Man - Parents uncomfortable explaining gingerbread man gets eaten by fox
Little Red Riding Hood - Deemed unsuitable by parents who must explain a girl's grandmother has been eaten by a wolf
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves - The term 'dwarves' was found to be inappropriate
Cinderella - Story about a young girl doing all the housework was considered outdated
Rapunzel - Parents were worried about the focus on a young girl being kidnapped Rumpelstiltskin - Parents unhappy reading about executions and kidnapping
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Parents say it sends the wrong messages about stealing
Queen Bee - Deemed inappropriate as the story has a character called Simpleton
Life is not a bed of roses. Once a child is five, he starts thinking. An average kid would think & raise questions unless he’s dumb. Some of the reasons these parents have given seem stupid. They find certain stories unrealistic. Fairy tales are supposed to be unrealistic, to some extent. Just because poor Cinderella was working like anything, they don’t want to read out this story to the kids as it’s outdated. Moreover, the word dwarf is inappropriate but they never refrain from making fun of a short person by using such words. Give me a break! They sound such hypocrites. Either they can't explain or maybe they are just plain stupid. They never mentioned the little match girl or the little mermaid; these stories are far more depressing but you can’t say such things don’t happen in real life. It’s nice they want to keep away kids from having ideas about kidnapping & stealing, but if they have it in them, they would steal & kidnap at some point.
By the time I was five, I used to buy any kind of story book. And that was possible as my mom read out stories to me. Moreover, my parents didn’t ever bother me as to what I should read. I think only a freaky parent would deprive his kid from reading classics of any kind whatsoever.
You know Hans Andersen is too depressing for children. I remember as a kid, all those stories used to bother me. I didn’t like how they ended. Everything seemed unfair but throwing away classics just like that seems not right either. I believe it gives an opportunity to children to think. The modern stories are just okay. I went through a couple of them but I don’t think they could beat the classics. However, it’s up to parents. I wonder if this step will raise better kids.
Anyhow, the top 10 fairy tales that parents no longer read out to children are:
Hansel and Gretel - Storyline about two abandoned kids is thought likely to scare children
Jack and the Beanstalk - Deemed too 'unrealistic'
Gingerbread Man - Parents uncomfortable explaining gingerbread man gets eaten by fox
Little Red Riding Hood - Deemed unsuitable by parents who must explain a girl's grandmother has been eaten by a wolf
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves - The term 'dwarves' was found to be inappropriate
Cinderella - Story about a young girl doing all the housework was considered outdated
Rapunzel - Parents were worried about the focus on a young girl being kidnapped Rumpelstiltskin - Parents unhappy reading about executions and kidnapping
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Parents say it sends the wrong messages about stealing
Queen Bee - Deemed inappropriate as the story has a character called Simpleton
Life is not a bed of roses. Once a child is five, he starts thinking. An average kid would think & raise questions unless he’s dumb. Some of the reasons these parents have given seem stupid. They find certain stories unrealistic. Fairy tales are supposed to be unrealistic, to some extent. Just because poor Cinderella was working like anything, they don’t want to read out this story to the kids as it’s outdated. Moreover, the word dwarf is inappropriate but they never refrain from making fun of a short person by using such words. Give me a break! They sound such hypocrites. Either they can't explain or maybe they are just plain stupid. They never mentioned the little match girl or the little mermaid; these stories are far more depressing but you can’t say such things don’t happen in real life. It’s nice they want to keep away kids from having ideas about kidnapping & stealing, but if they have it in them, they would steal & kidnap at some point.
By the time I was five, I used to buy any kind of story book. And that was possible as my mom read out stories to me. Moreover, my parents didn’t ever bother me as to what I should read. I think only a freaky parent would deprive his kid from reading classics of any kind whatsoever.
