OMG! I am SHOCKED!!!!!

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  • xo_morgan
    xo_morgan Posts: 298
    nursery rhymes are all scary...three blind mice get their tails chopped off, the birds get baked in a pie, jack fell down a hill, humpty dumpty is broken, the cradle will fall & down will come baby, ring around the rosie...

    Its all really scary when you think about it:noway:
  • Anomalia
    Anomalia Posts: 506 Member
    I watch saw with my children.
  • HeavenLeAngel127
    HeavenLeAngel127 Posts: 211 Member
    nursery rhymes are all scary...three blind mice get their tails chopped off, the birds get baked in a pie, jack fell down a hill, humpty dumpty is broken, the cradle will fall & down will come baby, ring around the rosie...

    Its all really scary when you think about it:noway:


    Some believe ring around the rosie is referring to the black plague. But this could be a baseless theory as the poem itself has changed from its original. The original obviously did not refer to the black plague. But the pocket full of posies and ashes ashes version seems pretty close that days beliefs. Posies were an herb carried in the pocket which were thought to protect from the Black death. Ashes could be the decoloring of on infected's skin, or the burning of an infected home. Also a rosy rash was a begining symptom you were infected.

    Either way it is interesting
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member
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    I read Hansel and Gretel and swear I turned out perfect.
  • Quasita
    Quasita Posts: 1,530 Member
    From their third grade curriculum on addition and subtraction:

    I was sleeping one night when a hungry vampire sucked 3652 liters of blood from me and 1865 liters of blood from my little brother. How much blood did the hungry vampire drink that night?

    Jason, John, Brad and Calvin are in a tiny dinghy in the middle of the ocean. A huge wave capsizes their dinghy. A ferocious tiger shark chases the desperate people and in 5 h 24 min has eaten all of them. How long did it take the tiger shark on average to catch each person?

    When a mad sorcerer summoned a demon out of hell, he almost fainted in horror. The hideous demon had 9999 writhing tentacles sticking out of its ears and mouth. If the creature had 1111 tentacles sticking out of its left ear and 5287 tentacles sticking out of its right ear, how many tentacles were sticking out of its mouth?

    I want this site URL! I love it! What a brilliant way to engage kids in math and get them interested in something that they might normally tune out.

    100% agree. Obviously they are trying to incorporate things from modern pop-culture to get the mind involved more. I'm sorry, but I have no issue with kids being exposed to this, especially not kids that are 8-10 and up. They are generally old enough to know the difference between fact and fiction, and if your kid is scared by his math homework, there's more issues than just a protective parent...
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    You should see the comics my daughter reads. Roman Dirge is awesome!

    Sheltering kids never works anyway.
    <---- Sheltered kid. Got knocked up at 17. He's absolutely right.

    Had to repost this as it may be the only time a woman has ever said I was right about something.
  • BeautifulRedButterfly
    BeautifulRedButterfly Posts: 316 Member
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    I read Hansel and Gretel and swear I turned out perfect.

    LOL, my grandma thinks he's hot as hell!! xD

    i personally like jeffrey dahmer better..his killings were far more interesting
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    You should see the comics my daughter reads. Roman Dirge is awesome!

    Sheltering kids never works anyway.
    <---- Sheltered kid. Got knocked up at 17. He's absolutely right.

    Had to repost this as it may be the only time a woman has ever said I was right about something.
    No, it will happen twice, because you are also right about it not happening again. :)
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    The original Brother's Grimm stories are creepy as ****. That's what I used to read up at my grandparent's farm...

    The Brother's Grimm had the market share on scary children's stories. But we are talking about the Victorian period.
  • LuckyAng
    LuckyAng Posts: 1,173 Member
    I totally thought this was about the Bible too at first read.
  • elizabethdear95
    elizabethdear95 Posts: 68
    Psh. Why would you be shocked? You are clearly not familiar with European tales and stories...shall I bring up Der Elrkönig? (The Earl king) Good German poem....they have the English translation everywhere for those who do not actually speak German.
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
    I know in the original cinderella story the ugly sisters chop off bits of their feet try and fit into the glass slipper, in little red riding hood the woodcutter guts the wolf, in the little mermaid the mermaid is left broken hearted and dies but luckily instead of turning to sea foam (which is what happens when mermaids die as they don't have souls) some spirits rescue her and she becomes one and has the a few hundred years to earn her soul.....

    also in one of the first incarnations of cinderella, the wicked stepmother was taken to the wedding in chains - they then heated up iron "shoes" until red hot and forced them onto her feet so that she would "dance at the wedding". it was a dark story.
  • CaWaterBug8
    CaWaterBug8 Posts: 1,040 Member
    You should see the comics my daughter reads. Roman Dirge is awesome!

    Sheltering kids never works anyway.
    <---- Sheltered kid. Got knocked up at 17. He's absolutely right.

    Had to repost this as it may be the only time a woman has ever said I was right about something.
    No, it will happen twice, because you are also right about it not happening again. :)

    Re-posting because this is awesome.
  • eatherhey
    eatherhey Posts: 147 Member
    My fiance grew up in a household that didn't censor what the children could read and watch. Instead they were allowed to watch horror and alien movies, and violent action movies- while discussing them. Having healthy conversations about the difference between television and reality, between right and wrong. He's grown up to be very down to earth, hardworking, strong and gentle. I'm very much for the idea that kids need supervision, parents need to talk to and guide them. (I also understand that parents cannot be with their children every waking moment, and therefore I think talking is even more important. ...Then again I don't have children and am theorizing.)
  • CajunApril
    CajunApril Posts: 60 Member
    I would not hesitate to read my children the real Grimm's brother tales. I had read them the real Little Mermaid complete with its pain and sadness. They were fine with it. They know that people die and that not everyone is nice. There is nothing wrong with that.

    ^^this^^

    We can't shelter our children from reality, its better they learn from a book with an adult to explain consequences to them rather than on thier own when its to late to intervene.
  • saragato
    saragato Posts: 1,154
    While other people are correct about the original Grimm tales being more gory, remember they weren't meant for children. A lot of those stories were local things they picked up that adults told one another.

    Personally as a child who watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show before bed until she was 12, I can't say I'd have many reservations about the content of a story, written or otherwise. I think my lines would be drawn at sex, rape, and maybe genital mutilation because I don't need them to be "that kid" at school whose version of Doctor is sawing off testicles. I'd find it funny, but I know what's appropriate in which social situation.

    I dunno, as long as you have a talk to your kids about not reinacting it or talking about it to other kids or whatnot and it doesn't give them nightmares, I don't see a problem.
  • galegetsthin
    galegetsthin Posts: 1,340 Member
    So, letting my daughter watch "Saw" is not a good idea? But she LOVES them..... That is all she talks about in her 1st grade class!
  • AReasor
    AReasor Posts: 355 Member
    It depends on the kid. My youngest gets freaked by the suspense music on TV(duh duh duh duh).

    My oldest wanted to name our new Oscar fish Count Bloodmouth (We settled on Trogdor).
  • HeavenLeAngel127
    HeavenLeAngel127 Posts: 211 Member
    While other people are correct about the original Grimm tales being more gory, remember they weren't meant for children. A lot of those stories were local things they picked up that adults told one another.

    Personally as a child who watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show before bed until she was 12, I can't say I'd have many reservations about the content of a story, written or otherwise. I think my lines would be drawn at sex, rape, and maybe genital mutilation because I don't need them to be "that kid" at school whose version of Doctor is sawing off testicles. I'd find it funny, but I know what's appropriate in which social situation.

    I dunno, as long as you have a talk to your kids about not reinacting it or talking about it to other kids or whatnot and it doesn't give them nightmares, I don't see a problem.

    I love that your referred to "that kid". As if we all had one in our class like the stinky kid.... Made me laugh. Kudos to you and your hilarity :)
  • DaughterOfTheMostHighKing
    DaughterOfTheMostHighKing Posts: 1,436 Member
    When my children were babies up to when they were oh.... 2nd grade, I read them their Bible stories from their children's Bibles and then I'd read the Narnia series... no fairy tales, no witches or goblins...
  • Tybalt71
    Tybalt71 Posts: 1,064 Member
    My 7yr old girl loves national geographic like bigfoots, dinosaurs, volcanoes etc, real world stuff, i think its great she is learning and curious, cant keep her in a bubble for ever, i have tried-Ty
  • MyTime1985
    MyTime1985 Posts: 456 Member
    If you have a book of children's Bible stories, those stories aren't normally in the books. They can read those stories when they get older. It's history. Except in the very beginning, before the fall of Adam and Eve, the world has never been a kind and gentle place. Furthermore, it will only get worse until the return of Christ. Protect your children while they're young, but, eventually, they have to grow up and face reality. May you all experience joy through our Lord, regardless of the circumstances around you.

    Love this.
  • Kirsty7Fraser
    Kirsty7Fraser Posts: 55 Member
    I'm very much for the idea that kids need supervision, parents need to talk to and guide them. (I also understand that parents cannot be with their children every waking moment, and therefore I think talking is even more important. ...Then again I don't have children and am theorizing.)

    ^^^^Agree.

    My mum read Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson to me when I was 5/6 and I plan on doing the same when my daughter reaches that age. I have more of an issue with her watching too much Disney.

    I have many fond memories of watching Hammer Horrors at my Granny's house, Christopher Lee is a legend!
  • mnwalkingqueen
    mnwalkingqueen Posts: 1,299 Member
    Just make sure you don't let your kids read the Bible...it's full of murder, rape, incest and all that other icky stuff!

    I agree with this comment if it is in the church form people don't have a problem but let it be in schools and society they do. I say if it is the truth kids need to be told but how it is told depends on their age and what they can process. I would never want things sugar coated for my kid and never sugar coated anything to him. Somethings in history need to be told the proper way like slavery, wars, genocides, child prostitution just to name a few.
  • bunnzye2
    bunnzye2 Posts: 56
    i grew up on gory fairy tales, back then it was normal. they were even read in literature in school. i never did read stories to my daughter (bad mom, bad!!) she liked to read herself, and she enjoyed the fairy tales of her time which were a little milder than mine, but she also preferred monster movies to kids movies.
  • ccadroz93
    ccadroz93 Posts: 136 Member
    Personally I am reading through the Bible again and I am pretty shocked at how brutal things were a couple thousand years ago!! It's so graffic! I totally would not read any of those portions to a child. There are plenty of stories that don't have any of that stuff in them. You are the adult so you get to choose what the kiddos listen to, isn't that awesome!! Noone telling us what we have to do there.....yet!
  • chachita7
    chachita7 Posts: 996 Member
    hmmm...perhaps that is what is going on today with kids - they don't get enough fear put in to them...
  • cindy4mica
    cindy4mica Posts: 777 Member
    Then you *really* don't want to read this one to your kiddies:

    http://youtu.be/3MkOieIdhY0
  • CaWaterBug8
    CaWaterBug8 Posts: 1,040 Member
    When my children were babies up to when they were oh.... 2nd grade, I read them their Bible stories from their children's Bibles and then I'd read the Narnia series... no fairy tales, no witches or goblins...

    Ohhh the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe was one of my favorite books growing up!!! :love:
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    I learnt to read before I went to school so I had access to lots of stories to read myself. I still remember a book of old fairy tales that scared me silly - I've asked my mum and dad but they don't remember what it was called, but there was lots of getting set on fire when playing with matches and something about fingernails growing really long.
    Maybe that's why I'm such a wussy grownup.
    I also remember standing behind the couch with my hands over my eyes peeking through my fingers when Dr Who was on when I was about 5.... actually I still have the same reaction to Dr Who - way too scary for me!
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