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One day my end will come – kids don't need happily ever afters

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageThe idea of the happy ending as appropriate literary fare for children is an illusion.Geraint Rowland

This article is part of a series, On Happiness, examining what it means and how it might be achieved in the 21st century.

In children’s bedtime stories it is often expected that the story will end with everybody living happily ever after....

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