Most of you have noticed in a while that parents today, generally don’t encourage their children to read classic childhood fairy tales because of the fact that they are too scary for their young children. Researchers have revealed that most of the parents have wiped off the old classic collection of fairy tales like Snow white, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood and many more from their children’s collection.
The reason for such response is that, children were found in tears after watching the ghastly character of Little Red Riding Hood and often parents resists in reading the Rumplestiltskin to their children because it contains the element of kidnapping and execution which is not good for the mental and emotional health for the young children. Likewise, Goldilocks and the Three Bears was also left by parents on the book shelf because it ignores the impact of stealing on children. Research also shows that parents won’t consider reading a fairy tale to their children until the age of five. Steve Hornsey, General Manager, Watch, said: ''Bedtime stories are supposed to soothe children and send them off to sleep, but as we see in GRIMM, fairytales can be dark and dramatic tales so it's understandable that parents worry about reading them to young children.”
I am sure you must have faced this situation, when your 4 year old child comes to you and ask a question that what if he will be eaten by a fox just like ‘Gingerbread Man’. I am sure you will freak out after listening to this question that is why parents these days avoid stories that might give nightmares to children and disturb their mental health unintentionally. Although parents prefer their children to read and listen fairy tales like The Gruffalo, The Hungary Caterpillar and the Mr. Men books, which gives a strong moral message and helps in creating a strong character of children.
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