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Article: Parents wary of scary fairy tales.(News)
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- The Star (South Africa)
- Article date:
- January 8, 2009
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BYLINE: CLAIRE ELLICOTT
For most, they are innocent tales that define childhood.
But some parents are ditching fairy tales, believing they are politically incorrect or "too dark" to read to children, a survey has found.
One in four mothers has abandoned Cinderella and Rapunzel in favour of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, written in 1969 by Eric Carle.
One in 10 parents even said Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs should be re-titled - because "the dwarf reference is not politically correct".
Rapunzel is considered "too dark" and Cinderella outdated, because she is forced to do the housework.
The poll of 3 000 British ...