Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged People

Is this a case of political correctness gone mad or just parents wrapping their children in cotton wool?




Recently I read an article online about politically correct parents ditching traditional fairy tales. I'll post a link to the article at the end but I'll basically summarise it here.

In the UK a bunch of parents were surveyed (3,000 of them) and the survey revealed that one in four parents believe that fairy tales are either too politically incorrect or too dark to read to children. One in ten parents even said Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs should be re-titled,  because 'the dwarf reference is not PC'.

And 17% of the parents were worried that fairytales would give their children nightmares.

LOST CLASSICS
These are the 10 most neglected fairytalesSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Hansel and Gretel
Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood
The Gingerbread Man
Jack and the Beanstalk
Sleeping Beauty
Beauty and the Beast
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Emperor' s New Clothes

I don't know about you but I loved fairytales/fables as a child and both of my children enjoyed them as well. In fact fairytales are a great way to teach young children morals, how many fairytales can you think of where the bad guy triumphs in the end? As for nightmares....well I'm sure five minutes watching the evening news on television would give a child more night terrors than a story!

Are we raising a generation of namby pamby's who have to be sheltered from anything bad or scary? Real Life is scary....Get over it!

My favourites were not the stories that Disney chose to make blockbuster movies out of. I was a big fan of Rumplestiltskin and Snow White/Rose Red. I also loved The Porridge Pot and one I think was called The Tinder Box.

So did you have a favourite or two? Please share....


I decided if you can't beat them, join them. Had a go writing a politically correct story:
The Politically Correct Adventures of Little Red Riding Hood

You can view the article in full here : http://tinyurl.com/8m7bdj