I LMFAO'd: BBC - 1 out of 2 parents in the UK think fairy tales are 'too scary'

[ChappersTeddy]

Just saw the news... my Dad has already tweeted about this.

The story was about, as I said in the title, 1 out of 2 parents in the UK think fairy tales are 'too scary'.

LMFAO'd. Couldn't stop. 'fairy tales'
They're fictional. Now they say kids are better watching:

'Spiderman, ( Very ironic indeed, seeing that Spiderman has scenes of comic violence... ) Pokemon, and so.' on the television.

Seriously. This sent me into consecutive laughter.

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[Squideey]

Spiderman and Pokemon are more entertaining than fairy tales.

[ChappersTeddy]

Spiderman and Pokemon are more entertaining than fairy tales.

ikr but still

[Otis Da HousKat]

Fairy tales are scary and were designed to harden up the children who back then wouldn't likely live past age 7 and if they did were sent off to the coal mines or textile mill for 18 hours a day.

[LizzyRascal]

Pfffffffttttttt.

[Corbiere]

It's probably over-exaggerated, or decided upon by those weird people who actually DO hide behind sofas when they see a Dalek. It's not really fairy tale related, but the point still stands. People are either stupid, overprotective or mentally deranged when they see fairy tales as scary.

I mean really...the hideously outnumbered good side ALWAYS wins :)

[._maxwell23461_.]

BBC is in the house tonight~

Kind of thing?

[Vegetarian Zombie]

O stuff MOTHER GOOSE loving HIDE ME

[Nikki]

Obviously Batman comics are better to read to your children as a bed time story than silly fairy tales.
But anyways, I think fairy tales have some influence that sort of makes childhood. They have cultural reference a lot, so it would annoying to not know fairy tales when they're being referenced.

[Cybertails1998]

>1 out of 2
>fairy tales
>"spiderman is better"

/facepalm

[Doomonkey]

The non-edited fairy tales are actually quite creepy.

[sorrel]

grimms fairy tales

[carolcat]

The non-edited fairy tales are actually quite creepy.

that reminds me
one of my old teachers told me that in the original cinderella, cinderella's sisters or whatever cut off their toes so that their feet could fit in the slippers. is that right?

[TheKhoz]

grimms fairy tales

This.

that reminds me
one of my old teachers told me that in the original cinderella, cinderella's sisters or whatever cut off their toes so that their feet could fit in the slippers. is that right?

That's what my teacher told me.

[IkeTheGeneric]

that reminds me
one of my old teachers told me that in the original cinderella, cinderella's sisters or whatever cut off their toes so that their feet could fit in the slippers. is that right?

yes