Sadly I think it accurately describes how many women have been brought up to be. I'm thankful that now we have more options to chose what we want to do with our lives rather then just give and serve others. The more current trend is trying to push that women must take time for themselves in order to be happy healthy parents, wives etc. I guess it depends on your perspective. I don't think the author intended it to be a negative thing. I always think if the boy hadn't been so selffish that he would have still had the tree in the end. That struck me as odd as I got older but not some horrible evil story. I think it reflects the time it was writen and the culture of the author. There are other kid books that have little things in them that are no longer appropriate. I think it's a Madeline book where they all get spanked and sent to bed. "A Monster in my Closet" by Mercer Mayer where the kid has a big shot gun. A "Where's Willie?" book by Ezra Jack Keats that Peter has a toy gun in. I don't think it's awful because you can use it as an opportunity for discussion with kids about how the boy could have done things differently and about how the tree could have some higher expectations for herself. And about whether the boy is being selffish and what he is doing that is selffish. And how it translates to their lives and their relationship with their parents reasonable give/take and how to show apprecaition and respect for those who do thigns for you. You could also discuss the different stereo types set in the story for boys and girls and how they feel aobut them.
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Date: 2005-01-12 04:35 pm (UTC)I think it reflects the time it was writen and the culture of the author. There are other kid books that have little things in them that are no longer appropriate. I think it's a Madeline book where they all get spanked and sent to bed. "A Monster in my Closet" by Mercer Mayer where the kid has a big shot gun. A "Where's Willie?" book by Ezra Jack Keats that Peter has a toy gun in.
I don't think it's awful because you can use it as an opportunity for discussion with kids about how the boy could have done things differently and about how the tree could have some higher expectations for herself. And about whether the boy is being selffish and what he is doing that is selffish. And how it translates to their lives and their relationship with their parents reasonable give/take and how to show apprecaition and respect for those who do thigns for you. You could also discuss the different stereo types set in the story for boys and girls and how they feel aobut them.