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Look up the cartoon characters getting run over by cars, or the very disturbing rabbit hole of injection videos. Kids at a certain age take what they see and he
by joshspankit 7y ago
Look up the cartoon characters getting run over by cars, or the very disturbing rabbit hole of injection videos. Kids at a certain age take what they see and hear as core truth, and when there’s violence at hat level it leaves a lasting mark.
- barry-cotter 7y agoHave you ever read any of the original Grimm’s Fairy Tales? They are gruesome. Cinderella’s step sisters cut off parts of their feet to fit into the slipper kind of gruesome. Children have been dealing with this kind of stuff for a long, long time. Life leaves a lasting mark. If they’re terrified and nothing bad happens they learn they can deal with this. I wouldn’t do that deliberately to a child but lasting mark does not mean lasting harm.
- ebrenes 7y agoThey were also not meant for kids.[1] 1. https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/brothers-grimm-fairy-tales-were-never-meant-for-kids.aspx https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/brothers-grimm...
- joshspankit 7y agoSimply because trauma has kept past generations “safe” by teaching them to avoid any potential harm, does not mean it’s the best option. Previous generations also used to “instil” a sense of fear in to children by beating them. It does make them listen as they are then ruled by fear-inducing trauma and yet I think we’re all clear on how it’s not the best option for their growth.