10 things Good About Fiarytales

10 good things about Fairy tales 

1. Appeal to everyone 
2. They are underlying moral lessons 
3. Can be illustrated nicely 
4. Send you to sleep 
5. Everybody knows them 
6. They are comforting 
7. They teach children life lessons in an entertaining way
8. It teaches children to project their thoughts beyond themselves
9. for a growing imagination 
10. get interested in history

1. fairy tales weren't originally intended for children - they have very adult themes - cannibalism, murder, incest, 
2. From early childhood, girls are read fairy tales about princesses who achieve vast riches simply because their beauty makes them special. That's a powerful message that can inhibit young women who feel they do not meet society's expectation of what it means to be attractive.
3. Fairy tales don't provide positive images about groups who are not white, middle-class or heterosexual
4. Step families get a very bad press
5. They suggested that fairy tales' messages of how looks can label a person as good or bad are harmful to children. For example, evil was associated with ugly in 17 percent of the stories. In many tales, ugly people were punished
6. t children do not like step mothers... in 99% of fairy tales the step mother is always mean and wants to get rid of the children
7. unrealistic expectations of love and romance...what little girl doesn't dream of a prince on a horse after watching Sleeping Beauty
8. They can sometimes be very violent
9. They can cause nightmares
10. they can teach children wrong lessons such as Stealing is wrong, of course, unless it's stealing from an ugly person