Question Posted Saturday September 12 2009, 11:59 pm
At my high school, we have a comedy club. We perforn every month or so. I'm writing something on why you shouldn't tell your kids the usual childhood myths.
Like how the tooth fairy teaches kids to sell their body for money… and how she's to blame for prostitution.
But I can't think of anything like that for:
Santa Claus
The Easter bunny
And what other childhood myths are there? But if you can think of anything to help get me started I would really appreciate it. =D
There's a book called " A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys". It has re-writing of Greek myths for children. You can check that out. Also there is its sequl called "Tanglewood Tales" [ MsBookgirl's advice column | Ask MsBookgirl A Question ]
crazedveg answered Sunday September 13 2009, 1:55 pm: I think that the Easter Bunny further promotes the idea that we can litter plastic eggs-- and the goal is to up them where they're difficult to find. Just to add to the fun of littering! Or something along those lines.
And please don't forget St. Patrick--! Leprechauns! They portray the message that we should capture the vertically deficient and demand that they lead us to their gold!
Just-a-Dude answered Sunday September 13 2009, 3:21 am: For santa, that says breaking into the homes of people is ok and you can do it, it also premotes obesity. Not good
The easter bunny tells kids trespassing and breaking into houses is a good thing.
As they get older greed sets in and then they're like 'Ok I'm gonna break into this dudes house and steal his stuff instead of giving it, it's like backwards christmas so that makes it ok' [ Just-a-Dude's advice column | Ask Just-a-Dude A Question ]
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