“And they lived happily ever after”
“Every time Pinocchio lied his nose grew”
“The witch cast a spell and her beauty was gone”
Which of these could i read to my 3 year old?
At times i wonder what morals do these tales hold other than creating an expectation of a workfree and a flawless life. What courage are we embossing by telling children it is alright to elope with his/her love or are we emphasizing that spells do work?
Jack climbed the beanstalk and lady luck favoured him with riches.But did we not read that he was a fool who could not sell his cow right? So what really should lady luck bestow ? Should it not be right senses instead of riches?
Sleeping beauty slept for ages together only to find prince charming? Period.
And what do kids learn from it?
The carriage vanished and became a pumpkin.,so did the horses turn mice. If the spell worked for all of these,are’nt the shoes supposed to be a part of the spell too? How did Cinderella’s shoes withstand the test of time fairy godmother had preset?
Fairy tales carry age long stories of which most are cooked. Reading to kids is really a good decision we as parents make. But reading fairy tales?
I aint sure. Short stories to me carry a better standard than fairy tales. Atleast they teach you morals.
I like Shrek! It has reality written all over it. Pity, it’s not a book and the characters are ogres because now how does one relate? Then again, we’re not princesses and princes either. Oh, and the new ones are better except I don’t know if there are books. I like Brave and Frozen. 🙂
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I like brave too 👍 For once the princess is portrayed as a brave self instead of the usual ones who are well adorned and wait for their princes.
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And she didn’t have to marry to “live happily ever after”… in fact, the end was only the beginning. 😆
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True. The boys too played a super cute part of the scrpt ! 😆
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Haha. Yes. 😂
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So This one I particularly liked very much.when I was small I too used to blv that fairytales exist but as I grew up my thinking about it all changed.mayb fairytales are true for some not for all maybe
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I too believed in fairy tales & never missed reading any. But what moral it holds i still do not get 😂
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Yeah I agree
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The world is a strange and beautiful place. Life has odd twists of fate. If you look straight at it, magic disappears. Kindness is rewarded. Greed is punished. I love fairy tales, they teach us to be open to unexpected twists and caution us that we don’t know everything.
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True. I too love fairytales any given day. But not sure if the “too smart” toddlers of today are gona enjoy them the way we did. Atleast i m sure most wudnt believe the existance of a fairyland.
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My kids loved to imagine it. I’m not sure they really believed in a religious way, but my daughter was happy to wear wings and dance to Celtic music.
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