Vigen Guroian: Fairy Tales, Classical Learning, and The Moral Imagination
The Moral Imagination
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The Importance of Stories for Children
Children don't have the ability because their world is limited by guardians who rightfully protect them to have the kinds of fully experienced the world. So what McIntyre was saying is that we need to give them stories through which they can grow into the world experiences later in order to navigate their way through the world. That's extremely important. And if we give them bad stories, such as this culture is doing, we're doing great harm, not only to their minds, but to their souls.
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