Misinterpretation Of Children’s Literature
Originally our culture was raised to believe fairytale’s had a based audience of children, but are we really teaching our children the right things by reading them these stories? Although a fairytale is a children 's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands, fairytales in some ways might be exposing younger children to more violent, sexual, harmful situations that they are not fully ready to understand. The debate is if the actions in which are in the plot of the story are really age appropriate for children. Are we exposing our children to harmful situations in which they should experience themselves or are we exposing our children to harmful situations in a more kind way, one in which …show more content…
They have the right to decide when they want their children to experience and understand the different evils, sexual desires, race and gender difficulties, and violence throughout the world. Parents strive to show their children how to be courageous, honest, and successful to be able to do so parents teach children through reading children’s literature that can obtain these values and exclude the ones that don’t achieve this. In the end, it is not the books qualities that trouble adults; it is their contents. Sometimes the historical truth is hard to understand and even harder to confront this is why many parents decide to limit what their children read. According to Mary Jalango, “ the printed word is one of the many influences upon an individual. Children do not simply absorb the values presented to them via literature. Rather, Children literature confirms or fails to confirm attitudes from the larger world” (144). Children will only learn from the many things their parents and literature teaches them in order to get the truth, parents need to understand and guide their children to a true understanding of …show more content…
On the other hand children’s books that have won praise from adults have been completely ignored by children. Throughout the stages of life children’s literary tastes become more developed everyday, many children are anxious to grow up and seek books that help explain the mysterious world of adolescence and adulthood. According to Joseph Burrucker, “ It is during the selection of books that one can truly see children as individuals. Their preference vary greatly – from Mickey Mouse to dinosaurs, from sewing to space travel, from Willie May to John F. Kennedy. Something of each child goes into the selection of a book – that something is unique and the product of the child’s individuality” (Burrucker 44). Children endure intense pressure from their parents to choose the “right” book with the “right” message. Overall adults can monitor there children’s literary readings however children and adults have conflicting tastes because they approach children’s literature with different
Originally our culture was raised to believe fairytale’s had a based audience of children, but are we really teaching our children the right things by reading them these stories? Although a fairytale is a children 's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands, fairytales in some ways might be exposing younger children to more violent, sexual, harmful situations that they are not fully ready to understand. The debate is if the actions in which are in the plot of the story are really age appropriate for children. Are we exposing our children to harmful situations in which they should experience themselves or are we exposing our children to harmful situations in a more kind way, one in which …show more content…
They have the right to decide when they want their children to experience and understand the different evils, sexual desires, race and gender difficulties, and violence throughout the world. Parents strive to show their children how to be courageous, honest, and successful to be able to do so parents teach children through reading children’s literature that can obtain these values and exclude the ones that don’t achieve this. In the end, it is not the books qualities that trouble adults; it is their contents. Sometimes the historical truth is hard to understand and even harder to confront this is why many parents decide to limit what their children read. According to Mary Jalango, “ the printed word is one of the many influences upon an individual. Children do not simply absorb the values presented to them via literature. Rather, Children literature confirms or fails to confirm attitudes from the larger world” (144). Children will only learn from the many things their parents and literature teaches them in order to get the truth, parents need to understand and guide their children to a true understanding of …show more content…
On the other hand children’s books that have won praise from adults have been completely ignored by children. Throughout the stages of life children’s literary tastes become more developed everyday, many children are anxious to grow up and seek books that help explain the mysterious world of adolescence and adulthood. According to Joseph Burrucker, “ It is during the selection of books that one can truly see children as individuals. Their preference vary greatly – from Mickey Mouse to dinosaurs, from sewing to space travel, from Willie May to John F. Kennedy. Something of each child goes into the selection of a book – that something is unique and the product of the child’s individuality” (Burrucker 44). Children endure intense pressure from their parents to choose the “right” book with the “right” message. Overall adults can monitor there children’s literary readings however children and adults have conflicting tastes because they approach children’s literature with different