【Traditionalfairytalesarebeingabandonedbyparentsbecausetheyaretooscaryfortheiryoungchildrenastudyfound.ResearchrevealedoneinfiveparentshasditchedoldclassicssuchasSnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarvesand】
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.
1.Whydon’tsomeparentswanttoreadRumplestiltskintotheirkids?
A.Rumplestiltskinistoolong.
B.Rumplestiltskinistoodifficult.
C.Rumplestiltskinforgivesstealing.
D.RumplestiltskinmayinfluenceChildrenbadly.
2.Wecanlearnfromparagraph3thatGrimmis___________.
A.afairytalesbook
B.amovieforch