what's with all the fairys

Ultimate Seduction · 29-09-2017 12:54AM #1

Every where I go there is these fairy doors. Small doors on the bottom of trees an the likes?? What's going on?

Ubbquittious · 29-09-2017 12:55AM

They're taking over.

freshpopcorn · 29-09-2017 12:56AM

It's a novelty item/toy for kids. They get a bit of fun/pleasure out of it. It also encourages them to write/read more.

StupidLikeAFox · 29-09-2017 12:56AM

We never should have voted yes to that bloody referendum

Irish Guitarist · 29-09-2017 01:01AM

How else would they get inside?

Ultimate Seduction · 29-09-2017 01:02AM

freshpopcorn wrote:

It's a novelty item/toy for kids. They get a bit of fun/pleasure out of it. It also encourages them to write/read more.

Knocking on a door at the bottom of a tree encourages them to read and write more??

Are you a fairy?

freshpopcorn · 29-09-2017 01:08AM

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Knocking on a door at the bottom of a tree encourages them to read and write more??

Are you a fairy?

Well, I'm not a fairy but the kids write notes and leaves it for them when they are going to bed and then the parents pretend to be a fairy and write a response!

Are Am Eye · 29-09-2017 01:08AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8jufv4HI0Y

GMSA · 29-09-2017 03:00AM

I think there's a lot of people in society today that are "away with the fairies"
They laugh at superstition lose their sh1t at the mention of anything with religious conatations but this fairy lark is helping kids read write and talk about their feelings.

the_syco · 29-09-2017 03:10AM

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Knocking on a door at the bottom of a tree encourages them to read and write more??

Are you a fairy?

Could be worse. Some people tell a man in a box all the sh|t they did to absolve themselves of any wrong doings, and to feel better about themselves. I think it's called "confessing to a priest"?

29-09-2017 05:12AM

GMSA wrote: »

I think there's a lot of people in society today that are "away with the fairies"
They laugh at superstition lose their sh1t at the mention of anything with religious conatations but this fairy lark is helping kids read write and talk about their feelings.

I liked the idea of fairy trails, great for giving kids an interest in a walk in woodlands, fresh air etc. Like really childish orienteering.

But seriously, getting kids to write and talk about their feelings? Didn't know that was an angle. Sounds like some right on advertising shtick by some company that has worked.

Donald Trump · 29-09-2017 06:46AM

I blame Gerry and the Pacemakers

Fairy, across the Mersey, this land blah blah blah blah

Claude Wilton · 29-09-2017 07:08AM

Donald Trump wrote: »

I blame Gerry and the Pacemakers

Fairy, across the Mersey, this land blah blah blah blah

Fairy nuff.

neonsofa · 29-09-2017 08:05AM

These and elf on the shelf- where do parents get the time! Like really, there's a girl I know who every Christmas her Instagram has a new pic every day of the elf and his elaborate shenanigans. In our house they're lucky if tooth fairy remembers to come. I don't know how they have the time and energy and memory to be doing these things every night.

Poor Uncle Tom · 29-09-2017 08:13AM

We're only just emerging out of the dark ages where adults believe in all kinds of religious hocus pocus under the strict direction from a half hour costumed theatrical performance every Sunday morning.

So it's best to condition children to believe in nonsense from a very young age to get them in line for later life when belief in religions makes a resurgence.

Tefral · 29-09-2017 08:15AM

https://www.theirishfairydoorcompany.com/

That's the company responsible and fair play to them they grew a fairly decent business out of it.

Plus anything that invites storytelling and imagination in kids has to be a good thing right?

Roger Hassenforder · 29-09-2017 08:31AM

There's a fairy door in our 7yr old's room.
Best present she ever got from her granny. She leaves little notes and pictures for the fairy, tells her about her day and asks questions. Fairy in fairness replies most nights.
This fairy loves it and has a box of little notes for when she's no longer my little girl.

Roger Hassenforder · 29-09-2017 08:34AM

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

We're only just emerging out of the dark ages where adults believe in all kinds of religious hocus pocus under the strict direction from a half hour costumed theatrical performance every Sunday morning.

So it's best to condition children to believe in nonsense from a very young age to get them in line for later life when belief in religions makes a resurgence.

indeed
They're the exact same.

Poor Uncle Tom · 29-09-2017 09:07AM

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

indeed
They're the exact same.

Indeed!

Zubeneschamali · 29-09-2017 09:32AM

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

So it's best to condition children to believe in nonsense from a very young age

Think of it like a vaccination against believing nonsense, only there's no organomercury compounds in the fairy doors.

I hope.

29-09-2017 09:40AM

Tefral wrote: »

Plus anything that invites storytelling and imagination in kids has to be a good thing right?

Oh very much so. Very healthy.

On the other hand, the whole "share your worries" stuff? Hmmmmm. Let them enjoy their days of imagination and fantasy and at least leave the "got a complex or any issues?" stuff for a few years.

God knows social media will bombard them about it when they get a phone.

topper75 · 29-09-2017 09:44AM

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

We're only just emerging out of the dark ages where adults believe in all kinds of religious hocus pocus under the strict direction from a half hour costumed theatrical performance every Sunday morning.

So it's best to condition children to believe in nonsense from a very young age to get them in line for later life when belief in religions makes a resurgence.

Thing is though -

A world without religious superstition and control of the masses
and

A world without make believe and kids having fun
are actually separable concepts. The first is good; the second not so much.

Roger Hassenforder · 29-09-2017 09:44AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Oh very much so. Very healthy.

On the other hand, the whole "share your worries" stuff? Hmmmmm. Let them enjoy their days of imagination and fantasy and at least leave the "got a complex or any issues?" stuff for a few years.

God knows social media will bombard them about it when they get a phone.

My 7 yr old's worries include:
Have squirrels enough nuts to eat in winter?
what happens a fairy if a grown up sees them?
Does the fairy get lonely when she is on holidays?
Do fairies have pets?

Not exactly psychoses...

29-09-2017 09:49AM

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

My 7 yr old's worries include:
Have squirrels enough nuts to eat in winter?
what happens a fairy if a grown up sees them?
Does the fairy get lonely when she is on holidays?
Do fairies have pets?

Not exactly psychoses...

Oh again that's fine, perfectly normal.

An earlier poster was referring to opening up their feelings which made my eyes narrow a little. Even for a cynic like me, the thought of a company profiting by selling the whole "it's okay to talk, to not be okay" routine to kids would be very cynical indeed.

kylith · 29-09-2017 11:06AM

Fckin' hate those fairy doors. Grand in your own house, but there's plenty of parks around where people have gone putting fairy doors on trees and it just looks crap. Marley and Tymon parks now, IIRC, have designated fairy trees or fairy woods in order to try stop people doing it.

diomed · 29-09-2017 11:10AM

plural fairies
please correct spellings when leaving notes

There is an irish dairy door company !!!

sbsquarepants · 29-09-2017 11:43AM

kylith wrote: »

Marley and Tymon parks now, IIRC, have designated fairy trees or fairy woods in order to try stop people doing it.

When I lived in Tallaght I used to always bring the kids to Tymon. I don't think it was put there to stop fairies building without planning permission though:D - just to pass a half an hour with the nippers.

They have an excellent carved bull in the playground there too btw, one of those chainsaw sculptures. I love it.

kylith · 29-09-2017 11:47AM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

When I lived in Tallaght I used to always bring the kids to Tymon. I don't think it was put there to stop fairies building without planning permission though:D - just to pass a half an hour with the nippers.

They have an excellent carved bull in the playground there too btw, one of those chainsaw sculptures. I love it.

The new playground there is whopper looking. MAkes me wish I was/had a kid.

sbsquarepants · 29-09-2017 11:50AM

It's great alright - last time is was there though some little fúckers had lit fires under all the swings. I just can't stand (or understand) the type of arseholes who would go and destroy a brand new childrens playground just for the sake of it!

JimmyMcGill · 29-09-2017 11:53AM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

It's great alright - last time is was there though some little fúckers had lit fires under all the swings. I just can't stand (or understand) the type of arseholes who would go and destroy a brand new childrens playground just for the sake of it!

Did you give em a kick up the arse and promise more of the same if they came back?

sbsquarepants · 29-09-2017 12:05PM

I didn't actually see them do it - just all the burned swings.

what's with all the fairys

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