Help for Heroes Sign at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Unit, Headley Court in Surrey, a photo by Defence Images on Flickr.
'Why are so many young men afflicted with depression and what needs to be done?
One answer, as argued by American Holocaust survivor and author of The Uses of Enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales, Bruno Bettelheim, begins with education.
Forget much of contemporary children's literature with its social realism about broken homes, drug addiction and peer-group pressure: for Bettelheim, traditional fairytales and archetypal myths teach about overcoming adversity, dealing with uncertainty and loss and being brave enough to confront impossible odds.'
KEVIN DONNELLY
From: The Australian, 27 July, 2013
One answer, as argued by American Holocaust survivor and author of The Uses of Enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales, Bruno Bettelheim, begins with education.
Forget much of contemporary children's literature with its social realism about broken homes, drug addiction and peer-group pressure: for Bettelheim, traditional fairytales and archetypal myths teach about overcoming adversity, dealing with uncertainty and loss and being brave enough to confront impossible odds.'
KEVIN DONNELLY
From: The Australian, 27 July, 2013
