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The art of mothering
Bedtime Stories
is to teach the art of
Fairy Tales Replaced with Gentler Narratives
living to children.
Controversy is cooking as some parents find classic fairy tales too
dark for storytelling to little ones. The Telegraph reports that a poll — Elain Heffner
of 3,000 British parents showed that a quarter of the mothers reject
some of the classic tales today, even if they grew up reading them.
Cited concerns in the UK about their being un-PC are joined by
questions in the United States about their perpetuation of gender
and beauty myths.
More recent favorite bedtime stories on the Telegraph’s list are:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Mr. Men, The Gruffalo, Winnie the
Pooh, Aliens Love Underpants, Thomas and Friends from The
Railway Series, The Wind in the Willows, Charlie and Lola,
and What a Noisy Pinky Ponk!
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