How does story telling contribute to emotional development of children?

[ErraticWanderer775]

[Ya Coffee]

I think story telling contributes to the emotional development of all of us at every age.


“Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.”
― Ben Okri


“We're all stories, in the end.”
― Steven Moffat

[Fairygodmother]

Reading to your child is very good for mental stimulation especially from a young age. Even better to let the child look at the text and pictures. It good for cognitive brain development.
Also they will take in the story's message. I say go for it because it is good for children.
Best of luck

[M]

Story-telling, in whatever form -fairy tales, books, novels, even TV and movies -contributes in a HUGE way to psycho-social development; it impacts not just children, but adults too. Stories can not only reflect and reproduce, but also (arguably) alter social norms, mores, and conventions. Stories aimed at children tend to be moralistic tales, though some have opposing messages from others -such as certain fairy tales which contain a theme of obeying your elders (like Red Riding Hood), and more modern stories that have a theme of questioning norms and accepting yourself for who you are (like Frozen). This is one reason why critical cultural studies is a subject of high interest in different academic circles as well as different groups interested in social justice -if the messages we produce in media can influence us, what messages, exactly, are we sending? If stories are cultural artifacts, what does our society's stories say about our culture and its values?

There's an entire body of academic literature on this topic, if you're interested. There's simply not enough room to explain it all in detail here. If you're trying to write an essay or something and looking for sources, try google scholar:
http://scholar.google.ca/scholar?hl=en&q...5&as_sdtp=

[Shorty]

It didn't contribute anything to Emotions except rage for me, ever since I realize that fairy tales are one of the cruelest lies.