Fairy tales have an enduring appeal to children. There are twists and turns, thrills, and adventures in fairy tales, but as long as virtue is maintained, the ending will be happy. This can help children deal with the inner conflicts that they must face during their growth and overcome their fears.
The animated film Rebel Nursery Rhymes is the opposite, overturning many familiar fairy tales, snow white becomes a horse gambler, and Cinderella marries a jam merchant. Without marrying a prince, the girls can be well with each other.
Poster of Rebel Nursery Rhymes
Adapted from the 1982 collection of poems of the same name by the famous British children's literature writer Rodd Dahl, "Rebel Nursery Rhymes" mixed together a number of classic fairy tales to create a new story of multi-line development, such as "", "", "", "", ""
Compared with the classic fairy tales, "Rebel Nursery Rhymes" breaks away from the idealized character setting, making the character more full and real. Each character has a completely different ending from the original book, but it is more realistic for the education and cognition of children. Below, I will interpret the film from the perspective of the story content and the contrast of values, and analyze the inspiration for "fairy tale parenting" obtained from this animation.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right">01.</h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > five classic fairy tales deconstructed, taking on a very different meaning from tradition</h1>
The five well-known fairy tales in "Rebel Nursery Rhymes" have been reinterpreted. Classic fairy tale protagonists jump over the "dimensional wall" to come together and make inextricable connections. In the first half of the film, Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White are good friends. The first half of Snow White's life, just like the original. After being let go by the hunters, she meets six gambling dwarfs. In order to help the dwarfs, Snow White stole the magic mirror from the palace and used it to gamble on horse racing, winning many battles. In the end, they all turned into millionaires.
Little Red Riding Hood discovered that Grandma had been eaten by a wolf and raised her gun to kill her. Subsequently, he was entrusted by the three piglets to kill the other wolf. They are all nephews of the Great Bad Wolf. Little Red Riding Hood's savings are stored in Pig's bank, and he wants to take it away but is sued for bankruptcy. Little Red Riding Hood angrily killed Pig Old Three after Little Red Riding Hood sent the truth.
In the second half of the film, Cinderella and Jack shine. Cinderella's crystal shoes left at the prom were dropped and wrapped into her own shoes by her sister. The prince saw that the shoe-trying woman was so ugly that he was so disappointed that he cut off her head. Cinderella was heartbroken by the prince's cruelty. She told the elf that now she just wanted to find an ordinary person.
Jack's magic beans, living forever in a towering tree overnight. Mother Jack climbed up the tree to pick gold and was swallowed by the monster. Jack harvested the gold and used the fortune to start a business, become a jam merchant, and live happily with his beloved Cinderella.
The story unfolds from the perspective of the Great Bad Wolf, who is both a participant in the fairy tale and a narrator. The Big Bad Wolf originally planned to avenge his nephew, but when he arrived at Little Red Riding Hood's house, he couldn't bear to do it. The infamous Big Bad Wolf, who chose kindness and forgiveness.
There are no eternal good people in the world, there are no eternal villains, only people who are in change. The characters portrayed in "Rebel Fairy Tales" are imperfect, but they are more real, and the alternative ending punctures the hypocrisy of "innocent fairy tales".
Snow White does not have the purest soul and the kindest nature. When she meets a prince, she is a princess; when she meets a gambling dwarf, she becomes a gambler. Near Zhu is red, near ink is black. There's no problem with gambling, as long as she keeps winning money.
In "Strange Story", Yang Qihan said such a sentence, what inspires us to look down on everything may be that we have nothing; we are just right, maybe just because we are not qualified to be tempted.
When little Red Riding Hood has the weapon of sanctions and justice, she becomes desperate and cold. Wearing a wolfskin coat, she is no longer the original Little Red Riding Hood, she is dyed with a little wolf nature.
Even if Cinderella did not marry the prince, she had no regrets in life. Because marrying someone who has only one side of the relationship is inherently extremely risky. Even more moving than "The Prince and Princess Have Lived Happily Ever After" is that Jack knows that Cinderella loves strawberry jam and opens a jam shop named after her.
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > life is not a fairy tale adventure, parents need to tell their children the truth and falsity of fairy tales</h1>
Some girls are very fascinated by idol dramas, and fall in love according to the routine in the drama, and the result is to talk about one by one. In fact, idol dramas are "fairy tales" for adults, and if they are too addicted to them, they will affect their own views on life. Adults are still misled by film and television dramas, let alone children who lack the ability to think critically? The moral and values of fictional stories will also have a subtle impact on children's hearts and minds.
Rousseau believed that fables would make simple children complicated and lose their innocence, so they should not be allowed. I think that fables are inferior, because the simpler and more naïve it is taught to simple children, thinking that the distinction between right and wrong in human affairs, the results of good and evil, is as fair and clear as in the midst of animals and animals, and when they grow up, they will run into walls everywhere.
Life is not a fairy tale and needs to abide by fixed rules and orders. When encountering difficulties, you need to face them yourself, there is no magic in life, and good and evil are not so easy to distinguish. If children believe in fairy tales too much, it may lead to poor stress resistance, stereotypes, and being guided by wrong values, which is not conducive to improving cognition.
(1) Poor pressure resistance
In the fairy tale world, good people can definitely do what they want. Stones will open the way for you, clouds will help you fly, and stars will wink at you. The reality is that if you are too kind, you may be bullied by your classmates; if you misuse your courage, you may be attacked. Children who hope in fairy tales encounter setbacks in reality, their psychology is easy to collapse, and their ability to resist pressure is insufficient.
(2) Wrong understanding and cognition:
Many children cannot properly grasp and understand the content of fairy tales, or they will rush to summarize them after reading them. There was a four-year-old child who watched a fairy tale play in the theater and still believed many years later that there really was a woman selling poisonous apples in this world.
The story of the crow and the fox, the cunning fox once again deceived the meat from the crow's mouth. Many children will not sympathize with the deceived crows when they see it, but will envy the foxes who are good at deception. If not guided, the child's conscience may deteriorate.
(3) Avoid stereotypes:
Fairy tales portray the image of good people and villains as more symbolic, good people are generally kind and kind-eyed, generous and frank, while bad people are generally fierce, obscene and murderous.
John Le Carré said that everything has a different truth than one look
Judging people by their appearance will form a stereotype, and a book should not be judged by the cover of a book. Are all stepmothers bad moms? To judge a person's inner conduct, we need to see how he does things and how he treats people. The "bad guys" in life are good at disguise, and it's more dangerous to casually believe in someone who looks like a "good guy."
(4) Low cognitive granularity. When the boundaries between "right and wrong" and "good and evil" are clearly discernible, children do not have the opportunity to recognize more comprehensive values and judgments. Cai Kangyong mentioned that there is a book that summarizes 3,000 different emotions of people, and people with high emotional granularity are easy to find ways to relieve emotions.
Children with high cognitive granularity can observe subtle information and gain a more comprehensive understanding of things. The characters in fairy tales never change, but the people in life are developing and changing. People with high cognitive granularity have strong observation and thinking skills, helping him cope with the troubles in life.
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > parents can easily say whether a fairy tale is true or false, and these three things need to be done</h1>
The moral conveyed by fairy tales is good, and the beautiful love, happy life, and adventurous experience are all worth looking forward to. Parents comprehensively interpret the truth and falsity of fairy tales to their children, which is to avoid children from learning wrong behavior patterns without destroying the beautiful emotional experience. Have ideals in your heart and life in your eyes.
(1) Share fairy tale time and close parent-child relationship
Companionship is the best way to understand your child's inner world. Enjoy fairy tale time with your child, when your child's imagination and curiosity are opened, and they will ask all kinds of questions, such as is the frog a prince changed? How many people can fit the belly of the big bad wolf?
Parents can get their children's understanding and absorption of the story from the questions, so as to correct the child's cognitive bias in a targeted manner. Watching fairy tales together can cultivate children's sense of trust in their parents, when you tell children which languages, which behaviors can not be imitated, which are worth learning, they can listen, the sense of trust is conducive to guiding children to correctly distinguish between ideals and reality.
(2) Scene simulation to teach children to improve cognition
Scene simulation is to invite fairy tale characters into life. Let the child improve cognition by switching between reality and virtuality. After parents and children enjoy fairy tales together, they can play the game "If XX comes to me". If the big bad wolf comes knocking on the door of the house, how does he enter the community, or should he open the door for it?
Children with the help of their parents will understand that wild animals live in the wild, not in cities. Even if the big bad wolf comes to the city, if he wants to knock on your door, he must go through the doorman.
Scene simulation switching allows children to grasp the order of both the real and fictional worlds at the same time, and can also switch between the two at will. You can enjoy the fantasy of fairy tales without affecting your understanding of life, killing two birds with one stone. Picking out the "false demonstrations" in the story is more effective than direct discipline, such as Snow White should not eat strangers' food, wash her hands before meals, and so on.
(3) Soothe emotions
The protagonist of Mind Agents, Jasmine, has an imaginary friend, Bing Bong, who has experienced many creative, imaginative, and exploratory childhood games together. Everyone's growth is by no means smooth, and when they are wronged or frustrated and cannot be told, the child will activate the imagination and pin emotions on fictional people or stories.
Let the child learn more about the "truth" of fairy tales, and when they find that the characters in fairy tales are not as perfect as imagined, maintaining virtue may not go well, and may be disappointed and afraid. Parents should calm their emotions in time and strive to create a safe and warm growth space.
Parents also need to encourage their children, there are no elves and magic in reality, but through their own efforts and persistence, Cinderella also has a happy life. Ugly ducklings can't turn into white swans, and it's not bad to turn into cute rhubarb ducks.
The truth, goodness and beauty in life are richer than in fairy tales, but the lack of commercial packaging is not so vivid. Parents soothe emotions in a gentle way and don't ignore similar real-life stories as a complement to inspire their children.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > summary</h1>
There is a story about helping others called "The Faithful Servant", and a man saw another person trapped in the mud and went to help him get out of the mud pit, only to be caught by death. The man who did good deeds also fell into the quagmire and died. This is not telling us not to do good, but to break the illusion that if you have virtue, you will be rewarded.
In Rebel Nursery Rhymes, virtue not only fails to solve the problem, but even becomes a shortcoming, Snow White's purity becomes "easy to tempt", and she becomes a gambler. The diligence of the three little pigs developed into greed and became rich and unkind capitalists. Therefore, while enjoying the beautiful emotional experience given by fairy tales, we should also be wary of the wrong value guidance in it.