common saychel – Her mother kept her home in Mommy camp, that is why she was never sat down and given a proper talk about safety. That’s why she was wandering in the woods, and she thought the cabin was a clever activity her Mommy read about in the Binah.
AviraDeArah –
Put aside the famous Rav Hutner about Gedolim stories, and let’s say we’re fine with them per se. Let the kids be inspired with our amazing Gedolim. Let them aspire to be like them. Let’s assume we can riase them to be healthy, and we find the right balance, and it will not lead to yiush, instead, when they (almost) inevitably realize how much they do not measure up.
But to the exclusion of other stories? So, all the kids hear about are Gedolim? What’s wrong with stories about regular people, and regular life situations, and regular challenges, and regular triumphs, and (gasp!) regular failures?
And what’s wrong with a kid being a kid and just being entertained? I’m not discussing secular literature here, but you jump immediately to “Gedolim stories”?
I love Gedolim stories. I read them to my kids. But this? Not a healthy attitude.
BTW – On the sbject of fairy tales, someone write to R’ Wolbe, asking him about stories for children that have elements of fantasy, and he says he’s not sure about it.