HUMA 1625 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Physical Attractiveness, Ageism, Intersectionality
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Tales of mother goose published 1696: most of the stories that are retold currently are taken from perrault, not the. It is problematic to decide on what is better than others. Diversity of ways stories might be read : fairy tales aid psychological development. The notion that children learn that struggles in life and part of human experience. Also teaches that if they face their problems instead of running away, they will master all obstacles and will emerge victorious at the end. If you dream hard enough, you can do whatever you want in life problematic because it is not true. Fails to recognize the obstacles that cannot be overcome simply by working or dreaming harder. Distinguishing between good and bad, so that children could make choices of who they want to be. Children do not read gender, class, race or ability from these tales: children identifying with the protagonist (or the character best relating to their experience)