"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.
If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."
Albert Einstein
It is understandable to not want to tell children fairy tales, in an effort not to lie to them. It is hard to feed little ones imaginations with fantasy only later admitting none of it was true. This is about being accountable; but as in many areas of life, balance is needed.
Albert Einstein was a brilliant man, and he used a great deal of creativity in finding answers to his questions. Imagination is a tool to enhance our life and can be presented in a natural way. There is a difference between adamantly misleading a child with falsehoods and inquiring what they might think of what they hear, see or feel. Children are naturally imaginative and at the very least, adults can listen to what is in the child's thoughts.
Intelligence will assist us in learning, and with imagination brilliant results appear. If a parent feels fairy tales are misleading, what do they believe the harsh and violent computer games are projecting? Again, balance is required, but it is an injustice to deprive a young mind from wandering into the 'what if' moments in life.
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