Why Are Fairy Tales Bad For Children
Do you love magic and happy endings? You’re not alone; lots people enjoy reading fairy tales without realizing the bad messages hidden inside. Are fairy tales really a good thing to be reading to young kids though? Many of them include things that give nightmares, lowers self-images, and gives false ideas of reality which might not be the ideal bedtime story for a young child. You might just want to wait until they are older.
The first of many reasons that fairy tales are bad for kids is fairy tales give nightmares and bad morals. In a survey used to mark the launch of GRIMM, out of about 2,000 adults ⅓ of them said that their children have been left in tears after reading them and ¼ of the adults said they wouldn’t read fairytales to their kids until they’re 5. Many of the evil characters and scary events can be frightening for little kids. Reading fairy tales as bedtimes stories may not be the best idea. A reason for many of the tears would be the dark and dramatic events in the stories. In stories such as Red Riding Hood and The Gingerbread Man, it shows characters being eaten by animals. In Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin, …show more content…
A majority of the stories include things like dragon fighting and giant beanstalks. When things like this don’t actually happen, it can cause dissatisfaction in a kid’s life and they’ll feel as if they didn’t get their “happy ever after”. Fairytales also downgrade woman. They make it seem as though men are better than woman. It also implies that girls have to wait for their “prince charming” to save them. In addition fairy tales have bad morals such as you should judge people by their looks and stealing is okay. In most fairy tales, for example, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, evil is associated with ugly. In goldilocks, it makes it seem as though stealing is good and it sends the wrong message to young kids. For the most part fairy tales don’t correctly showcase the world or it’s
The first of many reasons that fairy tales are bad for kids is fairy tales give nightmares and bad morals. In a survey used to mark the launch of GRIMM, out of about 2,000 adults ⅓ of them said that their children have been left in tears after reading them and ¼ of the adults said they wouldn’t read fairytales to their kids until they’re 5. Many of the evil characters and scary events can be frightening for little kids. Reading fairy tales as bedtimes stories may not be the best idea. A reason for many of the tears would be the dark and dramatic events in the stories. In stories such as Red Riding Hood and The Gingerbread Man, it shows characters being eaten by animals. In Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin, …show more content…
A majority of the stories include things like dragon fighting and giant beanstalks. When things like this don’t actually happen, it can cause dissatisfaction in a kid’s life and they’ll feel as if they didn’t get their “happy ever after”. Fairytales also downgrade woman. They make it seem as though men are better than woman. It also implies that girls have to wait for their “prince charming” to save them. In addition fairy tales have bad morals such as you should judge people by their looks and stealing is okay. In most fairy tales, for example, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, evil is associated with ugly. In goldilocks, it makes it seem as though stealing is good and it sends the wrong message to young kids. For the most part fairy tales don’t correctly showcase the world or it’s