Stepmother uses daughter instead from "summary" of Cinderella by Paul Galdone
A young girl is being treated unfairly by her stepmother, who is using her for her own benefit. The girl is forced to do all the household chores and is never given a chance to live a normal life. Despite this, she stays positive and finds ways to make her life better.- A family dynamics is affected when a stepmother arrives and one of the child parents is missing.
- Were there any insecurities that the stepmother had created by using her daughter as replacement of her role?
- Ways to maintain proper balance between parentage and have children feel equitably cared for must taken Into account.
- Could this unfair treatment to the child in fact leave long-term psychological effects?
- Could it be true that this act was done out of emotional need for attention or was she merely selfish?
- Children should never feel like they're being used to fill the gap left by an absent parent.
- Did not taking into account the rest of the family members affect their levels of security?
- Though at times this unexpected arrangement could be beneficial to one, how far can we stretch until its unfairnces come to surface?
- How important is communication among all the adults in the household to assure every parties needs are met?
- Its challenging yet necessary to find a way to love those who aren’t part of our original family unit.
