Stories where parents die (was fear of death)
Nora or Devereaux Cannon
We hit the parent death concern smack up with Snow White - or
Cinderella - or Hansel and Gretel. I really don't remember the
trigger, but I do remember the concern. What we did was point
out that it was a literary device to allow something very
unlikely (like happens in a fairy tale) to happen. Not that
parents don't occasionally die or fairies necessarily never do
your chores, but that it was a writer's trick, like starting
"once upon a time". Ours really likes versions of the same story
with differences and enjoys picking out the similarities and
differences, which is probably related to why this worked for
her.
Cinderella - or Hansel and Gretel. I really don't remember the
trigger, but I do remember the concern. What we did was point
out that it was a literary device to allow something very
unlikely (like happens in a fairy tale) to happen. Not that
parents don't occasionally die or fairies necessarily never do
your chores, but that it was a writer's trick, like starting
"once upon a time". Ours really likes versions of the same story
with differences and enjoys picking out the similarities and
differences, which is probably related to why this worked for
her.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Olga" <britcontoo@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 2:14 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: fear of death
| How embarrassing..LOL!! Son, SON, not husband..LOL! Yep..dh is
| really struggling with this part in the book!! oopppsss. Wish
I had
| caught that a bit earlier!
|
| Olga :)
|
| --- In [email protected], "Olga"
<britcontoo@a...>
| wrote:
| > My dh got his first taste of this through Harry Potter. It
really
| > bothered him that Harry's parents died and he went to live
with
| > his "mean" Aunt & Uncle. Actually, I never really liked that
part
| of
| > the book. My son always asks "why he has to live with
them?". I
| > really do not know a good answer. In reality, HRS is not
doing
| there
| > job? LOL. Has anyone else experienced this while reading the
| book?
| > Any good answers?
| >
| > Olga :)
| >
|
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