scary fairy tales.

[voltr4m4x]

Following a recent survey, several parents have stopped reading certain bedtime stories to their younger children because they find them to be either (1) politically incorrect, or (2) somewhat scary and might lead to nightmares. Such stoies as: Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs are quoted as being politically incorrect because of the connotation involving "dwarfs", whilst Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, et al are quoted as being liable to lead to nightmares among young children. What do you think ?

[mrs_overall]

Words fail me.

[4getmenot]

fairy tales are about morals etc these should be told to all children.

[angiebaby57]

Sorry, but this world is going nuts.
Generations of children have been raised on beautiful stories like Snow White...I certainly was and I am quite alright!
As 4getmenot says these tales are morally based and there is a message in every one.
The same thing has happened with ENID BLYTON books...they were wonderful adventure books and I read most of her books as a child..they have been ruined by being made modern and PC!!

[beso]

Meanwhile some parents sit and watch graphic violence on videos with their kids and wonder why the kids have night terrors.

Personally I found the idea that being kissed would overcome the effects of poison rather ridiculous. And the version of Little Red where the woodcutter cuts open the wolf to recover Grandma is totally inane.

[Bbbananas]

Ridiculous - never did us any harm did it??!! (well, most of us...)

My kids' favourite bedtime book was one called "There's an awful lot of weirdo's in our neighbourhood" - they loved it.

[cazzz1975]

kids need to learn that bad things do happen, some of the girls in my daughters school only have aspirations to

be a popstar
go on big brother
go on x factor

a dose of the real world is needed!

[ummmm]

That's not too bad Cazzz....my daughter aspired to work in Sainsbury's....!!!!

She's gone back to college in Ireland now.

[Schutzengel]

While I wouldn't agree with some of the Fairy Stories being read to very small children, generations of children have read these stories for themselves, and remember them with fondness. Children also learn from these stories that the world is not a perfect place, and also learn to accept that there are people in the world who are much smaller than the general population, and that there are people with different coloured skins to themselves. As young children they accept these differences mostly without question, which stands them in good stead when they come to adulthood. Most prejudice is instilled by adults who ought to, but often, don't know any better. Children don't see things in the same way that adults do. Only last week I read a letter from a grandmother, saying that her 7yr old grandson had asked if he could bring his schoolfriend home for tea, and was told that he could. She went on to say that on the appointed day, she opened the door to discover that the little friend was a black-skinned child. Her grandson hadn't considered it important enough to mention. The boy was his friend and that was enough for him. It makes one think that it's the adults who have the wrong ideas, and not the children.

[smudge]

In answer to your question:

1. Cobblers
2. Cobblers

I know that mind sound rude, but it was the first word that came to mind! Other than that, words fail me too mrs_o!

[Nautilus]

What a load of borrocks!