Down with the kids

Those fairy tales really are grim (excuse the pun).  We borrowed Hansel and Gretel from the library and I have been reading it to Big Sis.  I realised how closely she was paying attention when I opened my handbag at the shops today to discover she had filled it with torn up pieces of bread!  It was later the same day that I observed her loading her play oven with her baby dolls - “They are for eating mummy”, she calmly announced.

I’m a bit perplexed by how to react to this?  I mean, is it normal to role play a cannibalism?  Either way Hansel and Gretel might find it’s way to the back of the bookshelves for a while and we might focus on something a bit more cheery like good old Dr Seuss!