Comments on: Traumafessions :: Reader Bigwig on Struwwelpeter http://www.kindertrauma.com/?p=1433 your happy childhood ends here! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:40:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Viking126 http://www.kindertrauma.com/?p=1433&cpage=1#comment-2396 Viking126 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:19:35 +0000 http://www.kindertrauma.com/?p=1433#comment-2396 Oh yeah, this wonderful book. My parents emigrated from Estonia and this came over with them. I spent about three years asking my mom to check the closet doot every night when I went to sleep. It's been 40+ years and I still can picture every illustration... Oh yeah, this wonderful book. My parents emigrated from Estonia and this came over with them. I spent about three years asking my mom to check the closet doot every night when I went to sleep. It’s been 40+ years and I still can picture every illustration…

]]> By: mamamiasweetpeaches http://www.kindertrauma.com/?p=1433&cpage=1#comment-1240 mamamiasweetpeaches Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:53:38 +0000 http://www.kindertrauma.com/?p=1433#comment-1240 I dont remember that BOOK...but that story sounds vaguely familiar. This must be one of those old-timey-deals that gets passed down from generation to generation with moderations made to make the story more Generation Friendly. By the time my future grandchildren are born the story will have evolved so much it will no longer be about thumbs, but rather a cautionary Do Not Masterbate tale. I dont remember that BOOK…but that story sounds vaguely familiar. This must be one of those old-timey-deals that gets passed down from generation to generation with moderations made to make the story more Generation Friendly.

By the time my future grandchildren are born the story will have evolved so much it will no longer be about thumbs, but rather a cautionary Do Not Masterbate tale.

]]> By: DavidFullam http://www.kindertrauma.com/?p=1433&cpage=1#comment-1235 DavidFullam Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:53:38 +0000 http://www.kindertrauma.com/?p=1433#comment-1235 I now see where "The Red Long Legged Scissor Men" from DC's The Doom Patrol came from! I now see where “The Red Long Legged Scissor Men” from DC’s The Doom Patrol came from!

]]> By: sbd http://www.kindertrauma.com/?p=1433&cpage=1#comment-1232 sbd Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:27:19 +0000 http://www.kindertrauma.com/?p=1433#comment-1232 Pretty Stories & Funny Pictures - gads, indeed!  I'd heard of Struwwelpeter before with his huge nat of hair and long fingernails but I didn't realize this was from a collection of even more horrifying parables.   As trauma-inducing as most of the stories are, it's amazing to find such a touching lesson of tolerance in amongst them in the form of The Story of the Inky Boys - especially considering the book was published in the 1840's!  I know most if not all of Europe had abolished slavery much earlier than America, but non-whites still tended to be relegated to second class citizenry.  Either Holland was truly advanced or this is a rare nugget for parents of yesteryear to raise their kids by! Pretty Stories & Funny Pictures – gads, indeed!  I’d heard of Struwwelpeter before with his huge nat of hair and long fingernails but I didn’t realize this was from a collection of even more horrifying parables.  

As trauma-inducing as most of the stories are, it’s amazing to find such a touching lesson of tolerance in amongst them in the form of The Story of the Inky Boys – especially considering the book was published in the 1840′s!  I know most if not all of Europe had abolished slavery much earlier than America, but non-whites still tended to be relegated to second class citizenry.  Either Holland was truly advanced or this is a rare nugget for parents of yesteryear to raise their kids by!

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