In the name of children's books, do parents still buy it?
Colleagues had dinner and talked about buying picture books for their children. A colleague complained: "Nowadays, children's books are of uneven quality, and sometimes I don't dare to buy them for my children to read without reading them once." ”
After chatting, I learned that many parents have fallen into the pit because of the so-called "children's books".
Recently, the children's picture book "Sugar in the Drawer" has aroused heated discussions among netizens because of the strange illustrations.
Image source: Picture book "Sugar in the Drawer"
The story of the picture book is about a little girl who wants to eat popping candy, but has no pocket money, so she takes her parents' money from a drawer and goes to buy hopping candy.
However, the little girl who ate the candy was not happy, she was worried that her mother would be angry, and she was worried that her father would be disappointed in her, so she was worried all night. After a fierce inner struggle, she decided to put the unfinished popping candy back in the drawer.
Unexpectedly, when she woke up the next morning, her mother put a whole jar of popping candy on her table, as well as a note saying "Nana collects".
The story itself is okay, after the little girl steals the money, she realizes her mistake, and the mother also forgives the little girl in a warm way, which does not hurt her daughter's self-esteem, but also points out the problem to the point.
However, sharp-eyed netizens found that the key to the problem lies in the illustrations of the picture book.
Image source: Picture book "Sugar in the Drawer"
As can be seen from the picture, the image of the little girl depicted in the picture book is not only not beautiful, but even a little ugly and terrifying. Either the head and arms are not in the same direction, or the facial features are crowded together, but for some reason the mouth is wide open.
What's even more speechless is that when the little girl was looking for change in the cupboard, she revealed her tight briefs.
First of all, the little girl's posture is basically standing, with her head and upper body higher than her legs, and this posture does not show her bottoms at all under normal circumstances.
Secondly, the scene of the manga is indoors, and there is no situation where the skirt is blown up by the wind.
Under such strict objective conditions, the author has to deliberately let the little girl expose her bottoms, and it is no wonder that netizens use such sharp words when commenting on this book.
Image source: Douban Review
Some people also think that netizens are too sensitive and online? I don't think so. It's normal for little girls to appear in picture books, others wear beautiful skirts according to the rules, but some authors have to draw a panty under the skirt.
Even adults wearing miniskirts will remember to wear leggings. Therefore, this is not to tell the girl "freedom to dress", but the author's inappropriate intentions and entrainment of private goods.
To put it mildly, it is for the sales of picture books and attracting people's attention.
To put it more broadly, it is pedophilia, adultery, and psychopath.
The function of underwear is to protect people's private parts, some places on the body, neither let others see, nor let others touch, this is the common sense of self-protection that every parent will teach their children.
However, the deliberate guidance of some so-called "children's books" will make children regard abnormal things as normal, disturb children's gender consciousness, and affect the formation of three views.
When a girl sees it, will she think it's normal to show her underwear, so she no longer pays attention to protection? When a boy sees it, will he want to peek at the bottom of the girl's skirt?
If children think that "everything is right in the books", how should parents deal with their own home education?
Image source: Cartoon "Doraemon"
Where did the trend of rubbing edges in manga come from? Anyone who reads Japanese manga regularly knows that it is not uncommon for girls to show their bottoms in manga.
The audience of Japanese manga is mostly adult males, so the manga writers deliberately use the way to attract the reader's attention by rubbing the edges.
In Japan, this has almost become a "convention" in the manga industry, and it is also the result of the combined effect of commercial competition and market preferences, reflecting the gender pressure in Japanese social relations, as well as the social gaze and prejudice against women.
But even in such an environment, not all authors are keen on rubbing edges.
The positive case is a manga written by Hayao Miyazaki. When portraying children and adolescents, great attention is paid to the protection of women's privacy.
Even if it is because of the needs of the plot, the child's skirt is lifted, and wide leggings will be drawn underneath instead of tight briefs, which is difficult to make people have bad associations, and it will look much more comfortable.
Image source: Cartoon My Neighbor Totoro
When encountering some movements that may go naked, such as sitting on the ground, climbing a tree, or sitting in a short skirt, the girls will use their hands or objects to press the skirt down.
This is the behavior that women in real life will do, and it is the correct style to teach girls to protect themselves.
Image source: Cartoon "Listen Closely"
Chiikawa, a manga that has recently become popular in Japan, tells the adventure story of a group of cute animals.
However, Chiikawa's world is not an ideal fairytale castle, but is full of realistic and dangerous elements. Therefore, some people also described: "With the most cute appearance, tell the darkest story." ”
The monster Chimera, the snake that turns people into stones, the mermaid who kills, and the "child" who eats his own race raw, all give this cute manga a terrifying coat.
Image source: Chiikawa Manga
It has also been pointed out that Chiikawa was originally a webtoon serialized on a website, and users need to be at least 13 years old to register, so young children are not intended for manga in the first place.
It can be seen that comics are not equal to children's books. Many manga in Japan are aimed at adults, and the incorporation of some adult elements and the adoption of eye-catching methods without restrictions on creation are products of market competition.
However, under the circumstance that there are clear regulations in China, it is necessary to use the banner of "children's books" to attract attention by rubbing the edges, which means that there is a problem with proper thinking, misleading people's children and harming the next generation.
Such books with private goods should never appear in a child's study.
Image source: Screenshot of the short video
Then again, more than 40 billion new publications are produced every year in the country, and although publishers have the responsibility to review them, there will inevitably be fish that slip through the net.
Therefore, when parents choose picture books for their children, they must be cautious, try to pick some of the public, have passed the test of time, and can also listen to the recommendations of relatives and friends around them, and choose some that everyone has said is good.
When you first start reading picture books, it is best for parents to accompany their children to read together, guide them to think about the storyline, and explain the cause and effect to their children when necessary, so as to avoid some distorted understandings of children.
No one wants their children to be poisoned by "fish that slip through the net", so they will take an extra insurance for their children.
Now, parents do more, and in the future, children will be able to step on one less pit.