A sudden obsession with the developmental psychology of relationships and maturity (also the intersection of both or the lack thereof), has led me down a Willy Wonka-esque (the genius original 1971, not the devastatingly overstated remake) rabbit hole of research and discussion. I've spent a significant amount of time contemplating the significance of childhood development, fairy tales, and ego progression in the formation of attitudes, defense mechanisms. In plainer terms, why people sometimes suck at making relationships work or why a lot of us are walking around with unsolved "issues." I'm not talking about why we can't secure the man or woman of our dreams and make them see everything from "our well-developed, 'superiorly' intelligent, unselfish points of views." I'm talking real issues like how toxic relationships manifest between parent and child, and later on with friends, lovers, authority figures, food, other addictions, etc. Just as I'd thought my obsession was moving towards a truly relevant, uncharted territory of enlightenment into the human condition, a Google search brought me back down to Earth where
...since the three little pigs represent stages in the development of man, the disappearance of the first two little pigs is not traumatic; the child understands subconsciously that we have to shed earlier forms of existence if we wish to move on to higher ones. In talking to young children about "The Three Little Pigs," one encounters only rejoicing about the deserved punishment of the wolf and the clever victory of the oldest pig-not grief over the fate of the two little ones. Even a young child seems to understand that all three are really one and the same in difference states-which is suggested by their answering the wolf in exactly the same words: "No, no not by the hair of my chinni-chin-chin!" If we survive in only the higher form of our identity, this is as it should be.PiG PsyChoLogY
One for the yellow brick road:
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