Comments on: On Morally Sound Children’s Literature http://wordminer.us/?p=52 Words Are Gold! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:12:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: matthew http://wordminer.us/?p=52#comment-794 matthew Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:11:43 +0000 http://wordminer.us/?p=52#comment-794 Thanks for stopping by Michael. I had no idea you would discover this post, and I appreciate that you took the time to offer feedback. That's a good point about Grimm and Andersen—I was probably wrong to include them in my list. As for the counseling groups that use the book, even a quick run through the Amazon.com reviews will show how many people do not think the book appropriate for children. Whether those people are right is a different question, and I still think that the book's focus on one's own feelings is not a healthy response to any kind of emotional trouble. But if I'm wrong about that (and you are much more of an expert than I am), I still think we can agree that <em>some</em> books deal with topics in a way more appropriate for adults than children, and other books help people escape issues rather than deal with them at all. Thanks for stopping by Michael. I had no idea you would discover this post, and I appreciate that you took the time to offer feedback.

That’s a good point about Grimm and Andersen—I was probably wrong to include them in my list. As for the counseling groups that use the book, even a quick run through the Amazon.com reviews will show how many people do not think the book appropriate for children.

Whether those people are right is a different question, and I still think that the book’s focus on one’s own feelings is not a healthy response to any kind of emotional trouble. But if I’m wrong about that (and you are much more of an expert than I am), I still think we can agree that some books deal with topics in a way more appropriate for adults than children, and other books help people escape issues rather than deal with them at all.

]]> By: Michael Rosen http://wordminer.us/?p=52#comment-793 Michael Rosen Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:40:43 +0000 http://wordminer.us/?p=52#comment-793 And I think you'll find that plenty of the Grimms' and HC Andersen stories use unresolved and/or vengeful endings that aren't necessarily any more or less appropriate. 'Red Shoes'? 'Little Match Girl'? 'Snow White'???? And I think you’ll find that plenty of the Grimms’ and HC Andersen stories use unresolved and/or vengeful endings that aren’t necessarily any more or less appropriate. ‘Red Shoes’? ‘Little Match Girl’? ‘Snow White’????

]]> By: Michael Rosen http://wordminer.us/?p=52#comment-792 Michael Rosen Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:39:11 +0000 http://wordminer.us/?p=52#comment-792 Hmmm, that must be why bereavement counselling groups all over the world are using the book. They must be wrong, of course. Hmmm, that must be why bereavement counselling groups all over the world are using the book. They must be wrong, of course.

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