It’s not easy being the mom or dad of a fairy-tale character. As a recent study in the British Medical Journal concluded, “risk of parental death was five times higher in children’s animated ...

The horror author's reimagined version of Hansel and Gretel features previously unpublished illustrations by the late Maurice ...

"Fairy tales are magical. They may provide a window to another world, a chance to look beyond the mundane," writes one blogger, who concludes that, "Fairy tales can make good children stories." ...

But are there any fairy tales collected in that long-ago time by the Brothers Grimm that are just too twisted to be morphed into something viewable by children? Let’s find out.

For children, fairy tales are a source of fascination, something that is mystical and opens them up to possibilities. It gives them hope, comforts the ...

More than 40% of young people believe that classic fairy tales are inappropriate for children, and as many as 90% of young Brits think they are old-fashioned and outdated.

Who doesn’t love a fairy tale movie? Full of magic, enchantments, and mythical beings like wizards, goblins, elves, and fairies, these folk tales are loved by all. Although these fictional ...

From Cinderella to Rumpelstiltskin and from Hansel and Gretl to Little Red Riding Hood, fairy tales have for centuries been read to young children by their parents before going to bed – despite ...

Psychologists know that fairy tales provide many functions for children, whose early inner emotional worlds are filled with ideas of magic, of dream-like wishes, as well as anxieties over issues ...