I'm on a quest to right the wrongs of so many of the classic nursery rhymes and children's stories of my youth in order to help the children of today. I never realized that so many of them include such horrible lessons for children!
Previously, I went through Little Bunny Foo Foo and Little Jack Horner and explained the problems with them. (You can see those in my previous blogs)
Today's installment is absolutely horrifying, The Old Woman Who Lived in a shoe:
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
Look, it's not up to me to pass judgment on where this woman chooses to live. If she wants to live in a shoe and she's happy there, that's fine, more power to her.
She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
Again, it's her right to live wherever she wants to, but if it's a small place, I think it's quite irresponsible for her to have so many children. Also, it doesn't mention anything about a father....so I wonder what the situation is there, is she a single mom? Is the guy a deabeat? Plus I want to know exactly how many kids it is she has, and whether or not they're all the same baby daddy.
She gave them some broth without any bread;
That doesn't sound a like a very nutritious meal for all of those children, which might explain why they could be acting up, I say acting up because she seems so frustrated.
And whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
WTF!!!! Because she's frustrated with her children she WHIPS them? What the hell does that solve? Where is CPS for the shoe houses? Why are we reading crap like this to our kids?! That's a horrible story!
