Russian children's books focus more heavily on negative human emotions, such as anger, sadness, and fear than books US parents are likely to expose their young children to.

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Summary: Russian children’s books focus more heavily on negative human emotions, such as anger, sadness, and fear than books US parents are likely to expose their young children to.

Because three paragraphs down it says the following about American books vs Russian books

Yankee:

“In the U.S., there’s an emphasis on the value of positive emotions—such as happiness or pride,” says Amy Halberstadt, co-author of a paper describing both studies and a professor of psychology at North Carolina State University.

Russian:

“In Russia, there’s more nuance,” says Yulia Chentsova-Dutton, corresponding author of the paper and an associate professor of psychology at Georgetown University. “Russian culture seems to value all emotions—including negative emotions—and it is important to learn from these emotions.

Long story short, showing children the broad range of human emotions helps them understand and deal with their emotions in a more positive manner than only showing a narrower range.

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    In the US we have a huge amount of kids toys, books, clothes etc that center around Noah's Ark. Lots of happy smiling animals and rainbows. Usually a cute old man with a bushy beard, too. And absolutely zero references to the millions of people (including all the little kids) God drowned in the story, which was the reason for the Ark in the first place.