Bruno Bettelheim

The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales is a book by American author Bruno Bettelheim. in which he analyses fairy tales using psychoanalysis.
Bettelheim believes that fairy tales help children solve certain problems such separation anxiety, conflict, and sibling rivalries.
The book, "The Frog King", may be in relation to modern sex education in the sense that it acknowledges that a child may find sex disgusting, and this may serve as protection for the child. In the book he presents psychoanalytical readings of several popular fairy tales, specifically:
  • Hansel and Gretel
  • Little Red Riding Hood 
  • Jack and the Beanstalk
  • Snow White
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears
  • The Sleeping Beauty
  • Cinderella
 Although I find this interesting to read his theories I do not agree with them all, this is because I don't think children have a deeper understanding past its initial message.

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