Comments on: Why Do Moms Always Get Killed in Children’s Stories? http://www.risefallneverquit.com/inspiring-thoughts-stories-motherhood-parenting/why-do-moms-always-get-killed-in-childrens-stories Embracing the challenges of motherhood Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:08:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: melanie lorenz http://www.risefallneverquit.com/inspiring-thoughts-stories-motherhood-parenting/why-do-moms-always-get-killed-in-childrens-stories/comment-page-1#comment-37 melanie lorenz Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:43:45 +0000 http://www.risefallneverquit.com/?p=767#comment-37 Because then all the stories would be about heroic mothers protecting their kids very well. :) Because then all the stories would be about heroic mothers protecting their kids very well. :)

]]> By: Katarina http://www.risefallneverquit.com/inspiring-thoughts-stories-motherhood-parenting/why-do-moms-always-get-killed-in-childrens-stories/comment-page-1#comment-36 Katarina Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:58:07 +0000 http://www.risefallneverquit.com/?p=767#comment-36 As cute as we make motherhood sound now days - we are forgetting the time period these stories come from. Disney has nothing to do with it - all the fairy tales your watch and read now have been regurgitated from the original much, much darker older ones. See Brother's Grimm, Hauff, Andresen (who also tended toward syrupy a bit). But they too got their inspiration from the yet darker folk origins. Motherhood was not as cuddly as it is perceived now. There were plagues and much more common childbirth deaths. They counted for over 30% of female deaths at the time. And then if you happened to be robust and healthy - you would be having children not for the sake of hearing the petter-patter but because you needed extra farm hands. Child deaths were as common as rain and you could not afford to get emotionally attached as we do now. Or if you were wealthy - you would marry your daughters off for a dowry... and not to someone they liked - it was just business. Virgin girls were basically a currency. Don't forget kids - this has been the man's world for many centuries - mothers didn't have much say in what happened to daughters. For the most part - women were just household attachment and childbearing machines. They were non-entities and rarely were allowed to make decisions. Women's Rights is a very VERY young concept. And the adorableness of motherhood is as old as the Hallmark Cards Inc. - ultimately made to make it sound cute and charming (backpains, flatulence and swollen feet don't go on cards). "Babies are cute, you will look good having some - you WILL want to have them". Bottom line - the reason mom is not mentioned is - she was not worth mentioning. A sad virgin girl - is a pretty imagery - but ones she got married she crossed over the line between the desirability and oblivion. As cute as we make motherhood sound now days – we are forgetting the time period these stories come from.
Disney has nothing to do with it – all the fairy tales your watch and read now have been regurgitated from the original much, much darker older ones. See Brother’s Grimm, Hauff, Andresen (who also tended toward syrupy a bit). But they too got their inspiration from the yet darker folk origins.
Motherhood was not as cuddly as it is perceived now.
There were plagues and much more common childbirth deaths. They counted for over 30% of female deaths at the time. And then if you happened to be robust and healthy – you would be having children not for the sake of hearing the petter-patter but because you needed extra farm hands. Child deaths were as common as rain and you could not afford to get emotionally attached as we do now. Or if you were wealthy – you would marry your daughters off for a dowry… and not to someone they liked – it was just business. Virgin girls were basically a currency.
Don’t forget kids – this has been the man’s world for many centuries – mothers didn’t have much say in what happened to daughters.
For the most part – women were just household attachment and childbearing machines. They were non-entities and rarely were allowed to make decisions.
Women’s Rights is a very VERY young concept. And the adorableness of motherhood is as old as the Hallmark Cards Inc. – ultimately made to make it sound cute and charming (backpains, flatulence and swollen feet don’t go on cards). “Babies are cute, you will look good having some – you WILL want to have them”.
Bottom line – the reason mom is not mentioned is – she was not worth mentioning. A sad virgin girl – is a pretty imagery – but ones she got married she crossed over the line between the desirability and oblivion.

]]> By: Rowena http://www.risefallneverquit.com/inspiring-thoughts-stories-motherhood-parenting/why-do-moms-always-get-killed-in-childrens-stories/comment-page-1#comment-24 Rowena Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:40:00 +0000 http://www.risefallneverquit.com/?p=767#comment-24 <a href="http://forwhatitsworth-ornot.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">BJ Mama</a>, welcome! Thanks for dropping by. Yep, mommies rule both the real world and neverland! :) <a href="http://elapot.wifespeaks.com" rel="nofollow">Raf</a>, KJ talaga minsan mga moms kaya naeeliminate sa cast. hehehe... :) BJ Mama, welcome! Thanks for dropping by.
Yep, mommies rule both the real world and neverland! :)

Raf, KJ talaga minsan mga moms kaya naeeliminate sa cast. hehehe… :)

]]> By: rafela http://www.risefallneverquit.com/inspiring-thoughts-stories-motherhood-parenting/why-do-moms-always-get-killed-in-childrens-stories/comment-page-1#comment-23 rafela Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:28:06 +0000 http://www.risefallneverquit.com/?p=767#comment-23 maybe that IS the real motive behind that?! yun na lang paniniwalaan ko =) maybe that IS the real motive behind that?! yun na lang paniniwalaan ko =)

]]> By: BJ_Mama http://www.risefallneverquit.com/inspiring-thoughts-stories-motherhood-parenting/why-do-moms-always-get-killed-in-childrens-stories/comment-page-1#comment-22 BJ_Mama Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:58:58 +0000 http://www.risefallneverquit.com/?p=767#comment-22 SO TRUE! Most of the evil in those stories would have been avoided if Mama was there. Doesn't make for a great story though, huh? SO TRUE! Most of the evil in those stories would have been avoided if Mama was there. Doesn’t make for a great story though, huh?

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