Traditional fairytales deemed too robust
The PC culture in Britain is obviously appalling as exemplified in this story from The Telegraph detailing that many parents will no longer read their children traditional fairy tales as they
Favourites such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella and Rapunzel are being dropped by some families who fear children are being emotionally damaged.
A third of parents refused to read Little Red Riding Hood because she walks through woods alone and finds her grandmother eaten by a wolf.
One in 10 said Snow White should be re-named because “the dwarf reference is not PC”.
Rapunzel was considered “too dark” and Cinderella has been dumped amid fears she is treated like a slave and forced to do all the housework.
No wonder children now grow up unable to cope with the world. Fairytales allowed parents to explain various issues and introduce value concepts. This PC crap needs to be dispensed with.
Children today are over-protected, cosseted and consequently lack many of the coping mechanisms we developed as children.
I agree, I bought my two year old a book of “Classic” fairy tales for Christmas. I’m taking it back because it’s been softened. The Woodsman in the tale of little Red Riding Hood “scolds the Big Bad Wolf for what he’s done, and the wolf lets Granny and Little Red Riding Hood out”. Children need to learn that there is evil in the world, but tales like this can comfort them as they are assured that society will protect them as the woodsman did in the real fairytale by killing the wolf. I hope Britain and America both will give up this PC nonsense that refuses to admit the realities in life, which continues to allow our troubles to spread.