"I picked up a penny on the side of the road and handed it to the police uncle..." Recently, this well-known children's song "A Penny" rushed to the hot search list, causing a lot of controversy.
The reason is that a primary school textbook on the Internet will "increase the price" of this classic children's song as "One Dollar".
Some people think that this is "keeping pace with the times, there is nothing wrong with it", some people think that this is "disrespecting the original, not respecting the classics", and some people think that such a modification is "ruining childhood"... It was noisy for a while.
I think the reason why the "price increase" of this children's song can cause such a hot discussion is that it stems from the classicity of the song "A Penny", and people "crown" the classic at the same time, but also marks the final establishment of authority. This authority shows the unshakable status of the classics, and at the same time, with an invisible deterrent power, it subtly arouses people's awareness of protection and respect for the classics. Second, due to the current destruction and spoofing of classic works in an endless stream, the public opinion field has maintained a state of great concern for similar issues.
In fact, in addition to destroying classic works, there are many works in the children's song industry that need to be paid attention to by parents:
"Mom Don't Go to Work"
On a variety show on CCTV this year, the lyrics of the children's song "Mother Don't Go to Work" sung by a participating child directly discriminated against women:
The lyrics are like this: "If my mother goes to work, there will be no one to play with me", "Even if my mother goes to work, she can't earn a few dollars"...
If it is said that "if my mother goes to work, there will be no one to play with me" is just a child's innocence, then "even if my mother goes to work, she can't earn a few dollars" should be regarded as a naked prejudice.
When we were young, the children's song was still "My good mother, came home from work, worked for a day, how hard", and now it has become "Mother don't go to work", this value orientation is really very scary.
"Good Dad Bad Dad"
This is also a well-known children's song, we believed in stick education when we were young, so at the time it didn't sound too much of a problem, but to this day, listening to this song again, it depicts a father with violent tendencies and fine points, when happy and angry, it is simply two extremes, judging two people.
In addition, the concept of "beating is scolding is love" is outdated and wrong, so don't continue to instill such ideas in children.
"There is a big sister full seventeen"
lyrics:
There's a big sister whole seventeen, After four years and twenty-one, Looking for a husband who is only ten years old, She was eleven years older than her husband, A patio terrace to fetch water, One head high and one head low, Don't look at my in-laws treating me well, Push you into the well!
This is a strange children's song from old Beijing. This eldest sister not only found a ten-year-old husband, but also pushed a ten-year-old child into the well? terrible. Such three views really dare not be taught to children.
《Cars and Cars》
This is the advertising song in the movie "McDougall Be with My Heart", and the lyrics are like this:
Car by car, car by car, There are frame cars, there are rack cars, There's a car, rushing to your dad, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy... Watch Daddy Daddy
Why did this car rush to Daddy? Isn't that a curse? Later, it was found that this was a safety education song, teaching children to pay attention to safety when crossing the street. But are the lyrics of such a dark department sure not to scare children?
"Sister carrying a doll"
There is a version of this children's song lyrics is super horror style, telling the story of the father killing the mother, the lyrics are too terrible, here is not shown, parents in the children to download this children's song, must pay attention to the version.
Xu Ming, an associate researcher at the Institute of Early Education of the Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences, believes that today's children's songs have caused so many parents to complain, reflecting that there are too few good children's songs that keep pace with the times.
"In the past, good children's songs were extremely vital, such as 'little white rabbit, white and white, two ears erect', the specific image of the language, very much in line with children's cognitive characteristics, there is no extra word, and catchy, such classics have been less in recent years." In Xu Ming's view, the main reason for the shortage of good children's songs is the lack of creators; in addition, compared with other types of works, children's songs have higher requirements for creators.
For the so-called "strange" children's songs, Xu Ming said that as a parent, it should be viewed dialectically, and some children's songs have been complained about because the times have changed; some have been misunderstood, which may be cultural differences. For example, the "old woman" in the complained "Plucking Radish" may have a pejorative meaning in the eyes of northerners, but it may actually have the meaning of respect and love in some local cultures in the south.
On this basis, parents should also be a "translator" and "gatekeeper". According to Xu Ming, compared with primary and secondary school books, children's songs, picture books, stories and other content related to young children are relatively more open and free, "for example, some picture books may use more adult language." When parents tell their children, they should do a good job of "translator", transform it into a language that the child can understand, and revise and guide the inappropriate content in a timely manner.
So, how should parents choose nursery rhymes for their children? Zuo Zhenhong, a teacher at Shijingshan Experimental Kindergarten with more than 20 years of teaching experience, provided reference suggestions for parents:
On the one hand, the language should be short and crisp, easy to understand, and catchy to read. On the other hand, the content can infiltrate knowledge in related fields, such as "Song of The Four Seasons", which introduces the changes of the four seasons, "Handwashing Song" that helps children develop good living habits, "Little White Rabbit", which introduces the image habits of small animals, and "Autumn Wind", which cultivates children's aesthetic and aesthetic abilities. In general, it is to select some children's song works that are of interest to children and have a positive effect on children's appreciation, thinking, imagination and language development, and have educational significance.