Childhood is too short....

Yesterday in class, we discussed the two types of Cinderella stories. As a class we decided that the two types were the classic Cinderella stories and the Catskin stories. I think that I have just recently realized that most fairytales, at least the ones that we have read in class, have two types or categories. As a child I read the stories that were the non-violent and non-perverted kind. I was really disturbed that incest could be included into a child’s fairy tale. I have to believe that the Catskin stories were geared toward another audience. I would at least hope that they were not written for young children. When I think of Cinderella, I see the magical fairytales, where the princess is saved by the heroic prince (the Disney version). I think by allowing children to read the classic version, rather than those of the Catskin, we allow children to keep their childhood innocence. I guess that I think that children today grow up too fast and that allowing them to read the stories that help them have vivid imaginations are much better than those which scare them into thinking that their father would want to marry them. I know that I dreamed of growing up and finding my prince that would sweep me off my feet and we would live happily ever after. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to take that dream away from a child.