It turns out scary stories can help children in real life. Explains why parents should not be afraid to read the kids stories, of which goose bumps.
Sometimes fairy tales are not so good as they seem. Their original version, have not been adapted for children's audience, almost always are particularly bloodthirsty.
Get at least the tale of Snow White. Evil Queen floats virtually all the ways to be the death of her stepdaughter light objectionable: it feeds poisoned apples, brushing poisonous comb, trying to stifle even tightly tightening the corset.
All these atrocities do not go for the queen in vain. In the end, good triumphs over evil is very peculiar: the queen dies of burns feet, dancing in the shoes of red-hot iron at the wedding of the Prince and Snow White. Compactly la comedy.
The story of Cinderella, too, all is not as harmless as it seems at first glance. Which are nothing but evil dove that vyklovyvayut objectionable eyes half-sisters.
For the sake of her love she accepts the fact that she cut language, Pinocchio becomes a murderer, the fox eats alive Bun, terrible gray wolf pursues Little Red Riding Hood, in the middle of the forest lives a crazy old woman in a house on chicken legs... This is not a fairy tale, and the script for the new movie horror.
After reading such chilling details many people want only one thing: to say thank you to people, thanks to the efforts of whose tales of horror stories have become a lovely and good stories with a happy ending always. But whether they are worthy of praise, really?
In the daily British newspaper The Guardian recently published the results of a rather curious studyThe Guardian.One Third of Parents Avoid Reading Children Scary Stories, Study Finds. . It was found that about one-third of all parents surveyed will read a story to their children, if it is to know in advance that it will find something eerie and frightening.
The survey involved only about a thousand people, but even such a small experiment makes you wonder: Does lose something those children who do not read horror stories? Does it make sense to protect children from negative emotions?
Many psychologists believe: children who do not read the horror stories, many are lost. Let's see what it is, but at the same time find out what benefits can bring terrible talesAmerican Psychological Society.Eat, Drink and Be Scary!.
Preparing to harsh reality
Scary stories, as well as nightmaresIt is a kind of dress rehearsal for the fears that children may encounter in their daily lives.
Emma Kenney (Emma Kenny), psychologistHow can you feel safe if you do not know what to be afraid of and that in general it seems that feeling? The world can be a very scary and an evil place, and will be much better if the children are pre-prepared for this. Knowing how to resist fear, - one of the most valuable.
Scary allow kids to go through a wide range of unexplored until the reality of emotions: anger, aggression, anger, revenge, violence, betrayal. Scary stories teach children experience fear and make them better prepared for real life.
Increasing and strengthening the self-esteem
Unpleasant and frightening events of the tales can do a good job, and significantly strengthened in the child faith in himself. Listening to a terrible story, the child learns to internally pass through a situation and to deal with fear.
Margot Kerr (Margee Kerr), sociologistGetting in an unpleasant situation, the child will think something like this: "If my favorite fairy tale character was able to escape from the haunted house, then I, too, will find a way out of the situation." Scary stories really help to strengthen self-confidence and learn to overcome fear.
If your child happens to encounter something similar in real life, he is already a little prepared.
pleasure emotions
As strange as it may sound, but sometimes children like to be afraid. Why would from time to time just does not tickle their nerves horror stories? The more that it is absolutely safe!
Frightened by the brain produces an incredible cocktail of different hormones, there is also cortisol, a hormone stress and adrenaline, fear hormone and norepinephrine, which is produced with increased nervous voltage.
In addition to these hormones in the brain also produces dopamine, the hormone of happiness and pleasure. Reading scary stories, we intentionally make ourselves pleasantly jittery.
Feltmen Rachel (Rachel Feltman), journalistHorror movies, horror and all the haunted house can be terrifying and cheerful at the same time. That's why it's so nice sometimes experience on the screen and on the pages of books all sorts of frightening situations.
Remember: scary stories are good in moderation. Should not continue to read them, if your child is very sensitive, feel very uncomfortable, and then can not sleep.
Try reading him something a little less frightening, but no less instructive. But if a child belongs to such stories it is quite normal, it is not necessary at all to deprive him of the thrill.