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> How do you explain the horrific violence depicted in many of the Grimm's fairy tales to a kid? I loved that stuff when I was a kid. "Then they made the evil
by Turing_Machine 4y ago
> How do you explain the horrific violence depicted in many of the Grimm's fairy tales to a kid?
I loved that stuff when I was a kid. "Then they made the evil queen put on red-hot iron boots and dance until she died."
Kids are a lot more resilient than people like to think.
- manuelabeledo 4y agoI don't doubt that. But I honestly don't know how would I tell my kid that the Sleeping Beauty was a minor raped by a stranger who tripled her age. Nor I think it could provide any "life lesson" to a six year old.