" Story time " is a delight to most children attending Kindergarten, Play School - or any of the early learning centres. The aged " Once upon a time " fairytales have given way for stories that reflect the age in which we live - and this has some parents calling for content bans.
It seems that the modern crop of child stories has no hesitation in handling family life in homes where there are two Mums - or two Dads. It includes the single parent family, where a divorced person is bringing up a child, and makes no attempt to moralise on the rights or wrongs of relationships.
Some people see this as " propaganda " for getting children to accept the " Gay scene " that is modern society and demand that this type of literature be withdrawn.
It seems a desire to recreate the morality of Victorian England, where even the hint of that forbidden word - " Sex " - would see conversations stop. We are also seeing a " morals revolt " in Valadimir Putin's Russia, where open support for the Gay scene can see a citizen serve a prison term.
The idea of building a moral wall around children is doomed to failure. Children are more perceptive than we imagine, and they quickly accept the variety of lifestyles of those they encounter on a daily basis.
Many decades ago the child of couples who had divorced suffered isolation within the school system. The attitude of parents was to dissuade their child from becoming friendly with a " tainted " peer. Divorce was regarded as a moral sin - and the sin of the parent was visited upon the child.
Unfortunately, we still have people who cling to the standards of a by-gone age - and they usually have strident voices that frighten politicians. What some will claim to be propagana for the gay lobby is really simply illustrating the real world in which we live.
Hermetically shielding our children from the world of reality is a sure way to create future friction and their need to rebel to establish their own identities !
Not every story ends with that fairytale tradition - that they " all lived happily ever after " !
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