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Many people yet believe that narrating fairytales is a good method to improve cognitive power. But over the years, one storyline visualized with different characters has introduced a rather misogynist perspective. For example, fairytales like Cinderella, Rapunzel, etc., impose that women can only be protected from society when a prince charming rescues them. As far as cognitive memory is concerned, one can improve it by reading books as well.
Another reason why we shouldn’t nurture our children with fairytales is, we create an illusional world for them. It can be tough to pull out children from their illusional world as it causes hurt and pain. The idea of being not good enough reduces the self-esteem of the child.
Even when you research about this topic, it is unlikely to find a supportive answer regarding ‘no to fairytales.’ No wonder people even today believe that fairytales are good for entertainment. However, it is not entertainment, but society imposing silent laws on people and making them ‘civilized.’ The influence of one culture over the other can be both superior and inferior. But the fairytale romance simply does not exist in reality.
By introducing fairytales to our children, they subconsciously believe in doing the same things and living by the same ideals. It is time that we bring new fairytales. It could help to boost a child’s morale, self-reliance which will contribute to a child’s growth and personality development.