【Traditionalfairytalesarebeingabandonedbyparentsbecausetheyaretooscaryfortheiryoungchildrenastudyfound.ResearchrevealedoneinfiveparentshasditchedoldclassicssuchasSnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarvesandRapunzeli】
Traditionalfairytalesarebeingabandonedbyparentsbecausetheyaretooscaryfortheiryoungchildrenastudyfound.
ResearchrevealedoneinfiveparentshasditchedoldclassicssuchasSnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarvesandRapunzelinfavourofmoremodernbooks.OnethirdofparentssaidtheirchildrenhavebeenleftintearsafterhearingthehorribledetailsofLittleRedRidingHood.AndnearlyhalfofmothersandfathersrefusetoreadRumplestiltskintotheirkidsasthethemesofthestoryarekidnappingandexecution.SimilarlyGoldilocksandtheThreeBearswasalsoatalelikelytobeleftonthebookshelfasparentsfeltitforgivesstealing.
Thesurveyof2000adultswasconductedtomarkthelaunchofthehitUSdramaGRIMMwhichstartstonightat9p.m.onWatchandseessixepisodes(片段)basedontraditionalfairytales.Thepollfoundaquarterofparentspolledwouldn’tconsiderreadingafairytaletotheirchilduntiltheyhadreachedtheageoffiveastheyprompttoomanyawkwardquestionsfromtheiroffspring(后代子孙).
SteveHornseyGeneralManagerof Watchsaid:“Bedtimestoriesaresupposedtosoothechildrenandsendthemofftosleepsoundly.ButasweseeinGRIMMfairytalescanbedarkanddramatictalessoit’sunderstandablethatparentsworryaboutreadingthemtoyoungchildren.”
“Asadultswecanseetheinnocenceinfairytalesbutafiveyearoldwithanoveractiveimaginationcouldtakethingstooseriously.DespitethedarknatureofclassicfairytalesasweseeinGRIMMgoodwilltriumphoverevilandthereisalwaysamoraltothestory.”
Thestudyalsofoundtwothirdsofmumsanddadstrytoavoidstorieswhichmightgivetheirchildrennightmares.
Howeverhalfofparentssaidtraditionaltalesaremorelikelytohaveastrongmoralmessagethanalotofmodernkids’bookssuchasTheGruffaloTheHungaryCaterpillarandtheMr.Menbooks.
小题1:Whydon’tsomeparentswanttoreadRumplestiltskintotheirkids?A.Rumplestiltskinistoolong.B.Rumplestiltskinistoodifficult.C.Rumplestiltskinforgivesstealing.D.RumplestiltskinmayinfluenceChildrenbadly.小题2:Wecanlearnfromparagraph3thatGrimmis___________.