Adults are right to let Bambi break the bad news

Children’s films are emotional workouts that gently teach the hardest truth: that most things may never happen – this one willWhy does death feature in children’s films and stories as much as it does? Even if death isn’t the main storyline, as in Cinderella, the gloom of Cinders having lost her mother and being largely unprotected in the world is pretty scary.A group of researchers watched 45 of the top-grossing children’s animated films, and compared them with the most popular action movies aimed at adults, noting how often a main character was killed. The study, conducted by University College London and the University of Ottawa, and published in the British Medical Journal, found that about two-thirds of children’s animated films depict the death of a main character as opposed to half in movies aimed at adults. Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Children Society Animation Film Death and dying Life and style Parents and parenting Family Psychology Source Type: news