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What Cannot Be Talked About Cannot Be Put To Rest. And If It Is Not, The Wounds Will Fester From Generation To Generation.

The Unrealistic Nature Of These Tales (which Narrowminded Rationalists Object To) Is An Important Device, Because It Makes Obvious That The Fairy Tales’ Concern Is Not Useful Information About The External World, But The Inner Process Taking Place In An Individual.

A Parent Who From His Own Childhood Experience Is Convinced Of The Value Of Fairy Tales Will Have No Difficulty In Answering His Child's Questions; But An Adult Who Thinks These Tales Are Only A Bunch Of Lies Had Better Not Try Telling Them; He Won't Be Able To Related Them In A Way Which Would Enrich The Child's Life.

Whoever Influences The Child's Life Ought To Try To Give Him A Positive View Of Himself And Of His World. The Child's Future Happiness And His Ability To Cope With Life And Relate To Others Will Depend On It.

As Anna Freud Remarked, The Toddler Who Wanders Off Into Some Other Aisle, Feels Lost, And Screams Anxiously For His Mother Neversays "i Got Lost," But Accusingly Says "you Lost Me!" It Is A Rare Mother Who Agrees That She Lost Him! She Expects Her Child To Stay With Her; In Her Experience It Is The Child Who Has Lost Track Of The Mother, While In The Child's Experience It Is The Mother Who Has Lost Track Of Him. Each View Is Entirely Correct From The Perspective Of The Individual Who Holds It .