"Research revealed one in five parents has scrapped old classics such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Rapunzel in favour of more modern books. One third of parents said their children have been left in tears after hearing the gruesome details of Little Red Riding Hood. And nearly half of mothers and fathers refuse to read Rumplestiltskin to their kids as the themes of the story are kidnapping and execution. Similarly, Goldilocks and the Three Bears was also a tale likely to be left on the book shelf as parents felt it condones stealing.... And 52 per cent of the parents said Cinderella didn't send a good message to their children as it portrays a young woman doing housework all day."
Monday, February 13, 2012
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How about Charlotte's Web?
@RonMwangaguhung The scariest part about Charlotte's Web was when Fern goes boy-crazy over dumb old Henry Fussy and forgets all her animal friends at the end. I re-read the book a few years ago and was kind of shocked at the ending.
@RonMwangaguhung I'm pretty sure the first sentence of that book is "Where are you going with that axe, Pa?"
I absolutely expected a Daily Mail link. But since it's The Telegraph, this must not be a very IT'S SCIENCE-tific study.
The stealing isn't condoned in Goldilocks if you read the old-school version where getting mauled by three pissed-off bears is punishment for her porridge-eating crimes.
@HeyThatsMyBike follow-up goldilocks with "on the genealogy of morals"?
there is a correlation here to America's poor performance in math & science.
@HiredGoons : Also, poor grooming habits.
Talk about missing the point...
I'm afraid to read "Go the F*** to Sleep" and I am all growed up.
The "Classics" have been superannuated by J. Otto Seibold, anyway.
What? Oh, here's the problem: "The poll found a quarter of parents polled wouldn't consider reading a fairytale to their child until they had reached the age of five, as they prompt too many awkward questions from their offspring." Just start earlier, and ripping open wolves to rescue grandmothers will sound as natural as raindrops.
Now see? Maybe if more of your parents read Cinderella to you, I wouldn't spend half my life explaining to grown-ass adults how to use a fucking sponge.
@jolie if i find one more goddam sponge at the bottom of a sink full of pots, pans, and stagnant water, i'm leaving it in their fucking pillowcase
If you give kids a solid grounding in folklore plots, The Decemberists won't scare them so bad.