I believe that fairy tales are good for children because I strongly think they just understand that fairy tales are meant to be for entertainment purposes only and within the entertainment there is also a lesson to be learned within the story that can be applied to their real lives.
One article that caught my interest from List A was “The Positive Impacts of Fairy Tales for Children” by Leilani VisikoKnox-Johnson, University of Hawaii. The author mentioned “Fairy tales not only aid in child development, but they also offer a rich source of material to draw from in a therapeutic manner”. I think it’s super impressive that they can utilize the magic of storytelling to bring forth what emotions and feelings the child may be experiencing due to either a situation or a sickness.
On list B i chose “Rediscovering the Power of Fairy Tales” by Mary Howarth”. The author describes how much it benefits the children when they reinact some fairy tales. As a teacher, the author introduces the children to “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” and stated “One common progression for the quieter children is to move from Littlest, to Middle-Sized, to Biggest Billy Goat. the children were able to play different characters and so through this method the teacher observed their progression.
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Jennifer, you make a good point that children do understand that fairy tales are not real. They may not express this verbally, but they live in a real world having real-life experiences each day. I like the specificity of the examples you cite here, which illustrate the benefits of fairy tales; e.g. how they can aid ill children and how by role playing, students can gain confidence and move on to new experiences.