{"id":19080,"date":"2025-04-10T21:37:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T01:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2025-conway\/?p=19080"},"modified":"2025-04-10T21:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T01:37:53","slug":"week-11-discussion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2025-conway\/2025\/04\/10\/week-11-discussion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 11 Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fairy tales are beneficial for children because they promote imagination, teach moral lessons, and help children develop emotional resilience through symbolic storytelling. From List A, I\u2019m interested in the article <em data-start=\"233\" data-end=\"285\">\u201cThe Positive Impacts of Fairy Tales for Children\u201d<\/em> by Leilani VisikoKnox-Johnson. I find it appealing how she states that children may identify with the characters and experience empowerment when those characters\u00a0\u00a0overcome challenges. This article argues that fairy tales allow children to explore and understand complex emotions, such as fear and courage, via symbolic figures and imaginative scenarios. From List B, I chose <em data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"728\">\u201cAnother Look at the Fairy Tales\u201d<\/em> by Leland B. Jacobs. Jacobs\u00a0focuses on how fairy tales encourage children&#8217;s imaginations and expand their perspectives. His argument that fairy tales encourage kids to see unlimited opportunities and promote the development of creative problem-solving abilities struck a chord with me. These ideas strengthen the importance of fairy tales for young children&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fairy tales are beneficial for children because they promote imagination, teach moral lessons, and help children develop emotional resilience through symbolic storytelling. From List A, I\u2019m interested in the article \u201cThe Positive Impacts of Fairy Tales for Children\u201d by Leilani VisikoKnox-Johnson. I find it appealing how she states that children may identify with the characters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10224,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-week-11-discussion","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2025-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2025-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2025-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2025-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2025-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2025-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19084,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2025-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19080\/revisions\/19084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2025-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2025-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2025-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}