Word: beanstalk
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...process what they are seeing. Children use stories to explore the feelings they can't yet express. Fairy tales and legends give children important exposure to their darker anxieties: people roasting in the oven in Hansel and Gretel or being eaten by a giant in Jack and the Beanstalk. But without an adult to help children articulate what they are seeing, these stories can be disturbing or can desensitize them to the consequences of real violence...