The Best Children’s Story: The Legend of the Dipper
If there is one story to read to your children, this is it
Most people have had classic children’s stories read to them at one time or another. As small children, we enjoyed them. They were excited to hear and sparked our imagination about how the world worked. If your parents read the story to you, it was also a time to feel a closeness with your parents. What kid doesn’t like having their mom or dad read a story to them?
In the years that followed, many of the people who had these stories read to them went on to read these same stories to their own children. Most of these stories seem harmless and remain that way until they are examined for their content and their lesson. This is where some of these stories fall short. Let’s take a look.
Little Red Riding Hood: Not for the faint of heart
Take, for example, Little Red Riding Hood. This is a story where a small girl is tasked by her mother to bring some “goodies” to her grandmother, who lives about a mile away through the woods (half a league, according to the original story). By the way…
