Why Children need Fairy tales

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Fairy tales are a part of our childhood, we all have been exposed to stories like Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White and even Sleeping Beauty, and it is very obvious that we were able to enjoy these tales when we were young.

Have you ever wondered why children are very much awed with fairy tales? As much as they are awed, they believe in them. They believe that fairy tale characters and their stories very much exist.

When I was young, I admit that I was really in to fairy tales. Well, I know everyone did.


So, why do children need Fairy tales? I guess this could be valid reasons:

1. Fairy Tales give children a close-up on life. Fairy tales teaches children what happens in reality but it is presented in a way that a child can relate to. Children learn to realize what happens in real life in a playful manner.

2. It teaches moral lessons.
    We are all aware of the good conquering the bad in fairy tales, and this is what makes it best for children. It teaches children the difference of right and wrong, and how patience, love and  happiness reign over everything.

3. It makes a child feel good.
   Fairy tales have a twist, which shows a bad side of the story. Children don't like the bad stuff, but when something good and magical happens, they become happy. They know that there is something more, something better.

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4. They learn to discover.
    They discover different characters and magical places such as the Yellow Brick Road, Wonderland, and Neverland. These are endless discoveries that could make a child realize that there are really a lot of things the world can offer.

5. They tickle their imaginative minds.
  Fairy tales don't really work without imagination at play. Kids have a wild imagination. Fairy tales exists in children as long as they imagine, for they always believe in the fruit of their imagination.

I'm not saying that Fairy Tales are meant to be for children. It could also be for grown ups trying to escape their problems, we just have to imagine just like we did before. For when we put our imagination at play, we experience freedom that we could always enjoy.

'Til the next post,

Fawn