Which one is better?

Expanding on the debate that seemed to fuel these past presentations, I want to expand on the topic of which version of a fairy tale would be better for children. I heard all different arguments from all different points of view, so I think I can now make a better decision as to which one I think.

From the Cinderella fairy tale cycle, I think that the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella is better for children than Perrault's Donkeyskin. The presentation which stands out best in my mind, Erin (Arin?), best describes what I also think. Mainly it was the point on greed. In Donkeyskin she begs her father to make three dresses, each one more extravagant than the last, and then finally ending with the Donkeyskin of the precious donkey. While these are defensive tactics used by Cinderella to escape marrying her father, I still think that this is showing and unhealthy way of dealing with familial problems. When she runs away, she makes sure to carry these dresses with her, and dresses up every Sunday, gazing at her beauty in the mirror. So greed leads to vanity. There is alot of vanity and a belief in beauty in this story. The villagers disrepect her because she wears a donkeyskin, and is forced to work in some kitchen. She has her three beautiful dresses, and she knows she looks good in them.

The Brother's Grimm version is far better. In this story we see the opposite. The Brothers try and teach piety, obiedence and the idea of karma. We see the piety with the doves, and the words that Cinderella's mother gives her in the very beginning. The doves could be either her mother, God, or both, for they seems to know everything and are the final judges, so to speak, in the end. The obiedence follows in this path. Since Cinderella obeyed her mother's wishes, she was able to end up marrying a prince and leaving her sisters to be blinded. As far greed is concerned, when asked what she wanted by her father, she replied that she wanted a branch from the first tree that touches him. That turned into a tree which supplied her with whatever she wished. What if she had wished for something more indulgent, like jewels and clothes? In the end, though, it was the step-sisters cruel ways and jealous natures that caused them their downfall. They were both blinded by the doves, leaving the last image in their minds that of their sister being happy.

That is just my two-cents worth.