I only just now thought about the almost impossible to miss messaging of that children's book: "If you give anything to someone else they'll take and take and never stop demanding more."
Sure, that can apply in some contexts ( :porky-happy: ) but unless someone's take changes my mind about I think the message is fucked up.
I mean, most children's stories are going to try to convey a point cuz kids have a lot to learn. That can be as simple as "sharing is good," "here's how to clean up," to "the neoliberal world order is good, do not worry your pretty little head. Everything is just." Given what we live under, most are gonna be the latter. I don't think it's a particularly poignant realization; kids' books aren't bad, they're just written by bad ppl.