Parent Screenings Important

As a child I grew up hearing a version of Little Red Riding Hood which had no references to the Wolf asking Red to burn her clothing or to join him in bed. The versions that were read in class are a new type of fairy tale to me. I feel that I was naive to the types of literature that was out there for children to read. I would never let my child read a story that I feel has many sexual references. In the version by Perrault, the moral of the story has clear reference that we as adults can see as a warning that not all men are as safe as they may seem (Tartar 11). The children who may have read that version of the story may not have understood the underlying meaning of it, but as adults we can see that the stories may not be a proper bedtime ritual for children. I feel that it is very important for parents to screen the literature that their children are reading to prevent their child from reading some of the more horrid versions of the classics that we enjoyed as children.