It is interesting that many of the old children's stories had ogres, monsters, and other evil characters, and children were shown that those evil characters could be defeated. Now, we try to avoid showing children any evil characters for fear of frightening them, which means we fail to equip them to deal with evil when they encounter it in real life.
What is wrong with including reading materials that share diverse cultures and perspectives. What exactly are you afraid of? “Counter cultural?” That implies “other” as in counter to the norm, which is what culturally responsive strives to balance
It is interesting that many of the old children's stories had ogres, monsters, and other evil characters, and children were shown that those evil characters could be defeated. Now, we try to avoid showing children any evil characters for fear of frightening them, which means we fail to equip them to deal with evil when they encounter it in real life.
What is wrong with including reading materials that share diverse cultures and perspectives. What exactly are you afraid of? “Counter cultural?” That implies “other” as in counter to the norm, which is what culturally responsive strives to balance