2007-02-13 18:49:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
lol.. rock a bye baby is a pretty violent nursery rhyme (a baby falling out of its crib in a tree??)!! and jack and jill (broke his crown)... humpty dumpty... jack and the beanstalk, jack and the candlestick (making a kid jump over a candle that sounds pretty abusive to me!!), hansel and gretel, yep i'd say alot of older nursery rhymes and stories have links to child abuse lol
2007-02-13 20:55:33 · answer #1 · answered by jarellsmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, some of them have meaning like Ring around the Rosie was about a plague. Nothing linked to child abuse.
2007-02-14 03:17:37 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually NO, the older nursery rhymes were actually poems told to kings by jesters to keep the king entertained while "digesting" during a feast...some were actually insulting tales about other monarchs. "Mary Mary Quite Contrary" was about Mary Queen of Scots and her ummmmm "sexual" preferences...
2007-02-14 02:55:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were ways to tell about what was going on when there was no tv and things we have today. That's kinda like saying winnie the pooh is about being an alcoholic. Sometimes we read too much into things.
2007-02-14 13:56:42 · answer #4 · answered by mariandmommy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Ring Around the Rosies" is about the Plague but other than that I can't see a connection between nursery ryhmes and harm to children.
2007-02-14 02:58:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES I AGREE TOTALLY. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FAÄ°RY TAÄ°LS ? IN ONE A WOLF COMES AND EATS THE GRANDMA, THE OTHER THE WÄ°TCH Ä°S POISONÄ°NG THE GÄ°RL WÄ°TH AN APPLE ( I TRY TO TEACH MY DAUGHTER THAT AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY )
I MEAN I CANT FIND A STORY TO TELL BEFORE BEDTIME.
BYE
2007-02-14 09:38:05 · answer #6 · answered by MORTİCİA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes...child abusers use the old nursery rhymes to brain wash their victims..develop your own...
2007-02-14 04:28:43 · answer #7 · answered by Waddetree 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they mostly had to do with politics, or events of the times.
2007-02-14 07:37:26 · answer #8 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only one i know of is ring around the rosey.
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/ring_around_the_rosy.htm
2007-02-14 03:09:29 · answer #9 · answered by Jenn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋