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What do you think about children stories with bad morals?

So for my ASL final the teacher assigned to everyone a typical fable that is common stories that deaf parents tell their kids that we're going to preform for kids. Most the stories have good morals but then I get this one where the moral of the story is, "if you really want something but can't have it then you should hate it and decide that you never wanted it in the first place" It even says that on the sheet of paper I was given that tells the story. The story is fun and cute until the moral part that I have to include at the end of the story. It's kinda... I don't know a strange moral to teach to children. If it was just a cute little story and didn't have a moral I have to explain at the end then I'd feel less icky. Like why am I telling children to hate what they can't have? I mean it's for a grade so I have to do it no matter what but I really wonder why someone decided on this type of moral for the story... Oh well. I guess childhood stories like Goldilocks isn't much better since it's about a little girl trespassing into a home and breaking/eating things that don't belong to her but at least at the end of the story it's not like "it's okay to break into peoples homes kids" lol
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Fungirlmmm · 51-55, F
Maybe you could reword that statement to make it more positive. Like don't cover the things that others have which you can't have. Be happy with the things you have achieved.
NaturallyPeculiar · 26-30, F
@Fungirlmmm We're not allowed to change the moral/overall message unfortunately.
Fungirlmmm · 51-55, F
@NaturallyPeculiar Well that kind of sucks. The only other way I could spin it is that we are raised with different morals and although I might not personally agree with a person's morals it is not my decision about how they raise their decision. Is it a well known fable? Maybe I am too positive for this assignment. ;)
NaturallyPeculiar · 26-30, F
@Fungirlmmm It's well known in the deaf community.
Fungirlmmm · 51-55, F
@NaturallyPeculiar I'm not sure how to help. Sorry