On 12/24/03 9:13 AM, in article ,
"animaux" wrote:

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 01:24:13 GMT, Cheryl Isaak
opined:


But don't most good movies (for the younger set) deal with overcoming some
fear/hardship?
Cheryl

I suppose. However, I don't think children should be introduced to hardship
in
films or television. Real life has plenty of hardship to overcome and that's
where I believe those lessons should be learned. Not forced on us in a
fictional way. The images of hardship in film media leaves an indelible
impression in the mind of a child. At least it did with me.

So many of the great books, for all ages, are about overcoming hardships or
about dealing with them with "grace" "courage" .....

Many moons ago, I took a course that borrowed heavily on Bettlehiem's "Use's
of Enchantment" - how even in "fairy tales" there were lessons on dealing
with hardship (death, poverty to name a few) and these were useful tools for
raising and educating children. (I don't mean reading and writing, but being
useful in society.)

I would rather explain to my children about death, although imaginary, now,
while I can comfort them, then see them unable to cope with it later.

Cheryl