What fairy tale could help the child who has misconception that the reason of his parents divorce is because?
What fairy tale could help the child who has misconception that the reason of his parents divorce is because of his fault?
Pls. tell me the title and synopsis.
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I don’t know of any fairy tales…but I do think Ms. Doubtfire is a good movie that talks about that. At the end Robin Williams goes into a long discussion about different types of families and how the children are loved no matter who they live with. He even explains that sometimes mommies and daddies have trouble getting a long and so they separate so that they are no longer arguing and then they are better parents. You should watch it! It’s a really good movie.
Well, if you know about fairytales then you’d know everything is always happy and they don’t even talk about divorce, even though most of them have stepmothers. Stepmothers aren’t the only evil ones, you know.
Anyways, I would show them Cinderella because in the end, even though both of her parents are dead–which they might feel like that since their family has just been broken–she gets a happy ending. Snow White is a good one too. I liked Princess and the Swan. Or was it the Swan Princess? She turns into a swan at night. Loved, loved that fairytale!
Also, Pocahantas is very inspiring. I don’t exactly remember the relationship with her parents, but I remember that she was close to her father and so she leaned against one parent only. Also, I love the Little Mermaid. Come on, who can resist the Little Mermaid? She was daddy’s little girl–out of all those 400 siblings of hers! It also shows that just because one parent is not around it doesn’t mean you’ll feel less of something or that you won’t ever be happy.
I’m a child of divorced parents–we all are actually in my family–but I never blamed myself. My mother always let me know–and my siblings–that it wasn’t our fault. So talking to the child at the end of the day is the best thing you can do.
Good luck!
You don’t want a fairy tale, what you want is a modern writer imitating a fairy tale tone.
Not a divorce to be found in real fairy tales. As they were composed at a time when divorce was rare. Plenty of evil step-mothers and step-fathers and a fair number of mate killing spouses. A different set of fears for a time when mixed households came from the death of a parent rather than a difference of opinions.