What Is Happening ?

There was this news yesterday regarding parents complaining about fairy tales and wanting a ban or change of those tales. Among the list are classics like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, The Ginger Bread Man etc...

The reason behind this was because these fairy tales portrayed negative issues and it might cause trauma or psycological impact to children. What the F*** ??!! Are these people for real ? Wait till you hear/read the examples they gave...

o_0 *unbelievable*


Examples of the negative issue:

1. Cinderella - Cinderella was a young girl who was abused and being forced to be a slave
2. Little Red Riding Hood - Big bad wolf tied up poor old grandmother and impersonating her
3. Ginger Bread Man - Ginger Bread Man was eaten by a fox at the end


Now, the psycologist has a term for parents who overprotect their children - it is called "cottonwooling" the kids. I always feel that it is quite normal for a parent to overprotect a child sometimes, but this is just way too absurd.

Sometimes I wonder... Do these people actually stop and think about what they are requesting ? They are requesting to change the story of these fairy tales, fairy tales that have been around for decades, fairy tales that are a classic, fairy tales that are well known to most children or even adults...

Just imagine the new Cinderella is not a slave, her Stepmother and Stepsisters adores her and she gets to go to the ball without problem. Then what ? There will not be a need for Fairy Godmother anymore, no glass slippers, no pumkin coaches, no magic etc... And imagine in the future, when an older generation talks to a younger generation about these classic fairy tales... I can foresee there bound to have lots of confusion and argument...

*sigh*