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Fairy tales don't always end in ‘happily ever after.'
It's been a long time since my father or mother sat me on their knees and read me my favorite fairy tales. An essential part of a child's early education, they warned of life's pitfalls and they promised happy endings.
It's been a long time since my father or mother sat me on their knees and read me my favorite fairy tales. An essential part of a child's early education, they warned of life's pitfalls and they promised happy endings. I'm not sure if such stories are still delighting the world's children today—electronics have created new competition for the world of print.
Now, kids are all glued to their iPads or mommy's cell phone, playing games or googling photos of sub-Saharan women. Actually, it's a medical fact: The children of today are functionally computer-literate, straight from the womb.
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