So many girls have this fantasy of being Cinderella and having a “fairy tale” life, but what version of Cinderella and what types of fairy tales are these girls looking up to for their idea of an ideal life? In Marcia Lieberman’s essay “Some Day My Prince Will Come,” she opposes the views of another scholar, Alison Laurie, who believes that fairy tales are something that radical feminists would approve of because the stories, “suggest a society in which women are as competent and active as men, at every age and in every class.” Lieberman argues that it is popular fairy tales--the ones that we all know and the ones we read to our children--that actually acculturate the masses of young girls in society, therefore the lesser-known stories cannot
She challenges Disney’s credibility as a business, and that it isn’t a good positive influence on children. According to the author the Princesses are “a sorry bunch of wusses” and they are not the type of role models children should be looking up to. The author explains how Disney’s reliability is bad, she writes, “Princesses exert their pull through a dark and undeniable eroticism. They’re sexy little wenches, for one thing. Snow White has gotten Slimmer and bustier over the years; Ariel wears nothing but a bikini top (though admittedly she’s half fish)” (Ehrenreich, 6).
In the critique Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior, Elisabeth Panttaja critiques a version of a Cinderella story, Ashputtle, by Jakob and Wilelm Grimm. Panttaja goes in depth about hidden details of Ashputtle and how Ashputtle is not actually motherless, and the real mother is behind all the magic. Even though Panttaja states that Ashputtle’s real mother is violent and evil, she is actually a sweet, godmother like person. Panttaja argues that even though Ashputtle does not have a real living mother, the hazel branch, given to her by her father that she planted at her mother’s grave, which grows into a tree, acts as her mother by taking care of Ashputtle (Panttaja 659). The tree grants Ashputtle’s every wish; from her clothes to helping out with chores.
Many people argue that development is vital in the younger years in the child’s life, and the ability to solve problems and apply ideas help in the long-term. Hyman argues that the lower classes create a self imposed barrier to learning their values. This is because he believes that they have a low value on education, with a ‘play safe’ culture and also a low level of self belief. This would all impact on the child performance at school as they would not have the attitude needed to progress. If at any point they failed, they would see this as a big mistake and give up and have a lack of motivation.
Maybe love was the answer to this seemingly impossible equation of events and feelings. He had no idea what love was, but he imagined it must feel like holding her hand. Sheer, raw, pure, and true joy. Does that mixed with a girl cause the reaction of love. "Great," he thought "relationship chemistry AND
Having love is more powerful than having lust. Lust is something that can be given from anyone but love on the other hand can only be given from the heart. Lust is an intense sexual desire for someone. Love is a deep affection and warm feeling that you have for someone. Lust is seeing a person that looks good and imagining things about that person.
Robert Findling says it best with his question ‘‘Why would you want to let a child suffer unnecessarily?’’ ( qtd. In Hawthorn 1). People whom do not know the extremities of the symptoms of ADHD are often quick to be adverse of using medication on children with ADHD. For children with ADHD sitting still and focusing on a task whither it be a teacher’s instructions or group activities are near impossible to complete on their own. “No one disagrees that people struggle – some profoundly, others less so – with inattention, restlessness, poor social skills, and academic or vocational frustration, poor self-esteem, substance abuse, accidents and injuries, and other problems correlated with ADHD” (Reznek 17).
I admit I was somehow looking forward to Sam and Charlie’s “love story” since I am a girl and I don’t have the slightest ideas on how boys act when their crush passed by and stuffs like that. It is not very common to boys who really let their feelings be shown by others that’s why for me boys are very unpredictable. Also love stories don’t just happen between a boy and a girl. In the millennium we are now, somehow society become aware of homosexual love like what Patrick and Brad have. I was shocked the first time I read that in this book, Patrick and Brad were the one the author made to have that kind of relationship.
The second reason why kids don’t want to be babysat is because it can get boring. The solution to this is very simple. If kids get along with the babysitters who have fun with them, then the likelihood of having boring sitters will decrease. The final and most popular reason why kids dislike sitters is because it makes them feel young. Even this problem can be fixed by simply obeying the babysitter.
Medication is doing us harm by masking the pain of depression, and not teaching children self-control on their own. She makes effective points about how medication is changing the way our brain acts. In my opinion, I think most medication is not necessary; it’s not something that should be given to a child. How are children going to grow up and figure life out the right way? I believe when they are on it too long, the brain develops wrong and can cripple them mentally in the long run.