Fairy Tales

Then they got married and lived happily ever after. Why is it that all fairy tales end that way? Sure it's a nice way to end a cute story that hundreds of little kids read every day, but it doesn't teach them about the facts of life. These stories make every girl think that as long as they find prince charming that everything will be perfect and they'll never have to worry about a thing like divorce. How much harder is it going to be for them if their parents end up in divorce?

I could only come up with one reason for why they would let every young child grow up with such beliefs. That's because it's a fairy tale! All these stories of happiness were first told when there were actually princes and princesses alive, and they've just carried on through the ages. Back in those days it was common to have a good marriage, in fact if your marriage didn't turn out you brought disgrace on you and your family. Now, life is obviously different and they should have different stories to tell. I still believe that every child should have a dream to look forward to achieving. However, there's a fine line between reality and dreams and if we aren't careful all happiness could turn out to just be a dream.