Talk of the future: bedtime stories

Assalamualaikum, people.

I think I'm gonna start a trend on my blog-talking about the future.
I think it'd be a great way to reflect on my thoughts 5-10 years from now when things have changed so much in time. InsyaAllah...

Today, I'd like to discuss on bedtime stories for my future kids.

Growing up with Disney fairytales, I'd like to tell stories about fairytales too...but not all about the lovey-dovey stuff. Nope.

1. Beauty and the Beast

I think by now a lot of you would know I'm obsessed with this story. I loved the fact that Beauty fell in love with Beast because of his kind heart and not his looks, like all the other fairytales.
Cinderella liked Prince Charming because he was handsome and was being a baby when she was prevented from leaving the house from the evil stepmother.
Ariel transformed herself into a human because she fell in love with the handsome prince.

Belle was a total opposite. She was smart, hardworking and loved her father. She would read the books she borrowed from the library over and over again because she loves to read. She would defend her dad when the rest of the town were calling her dad "lunatic".
She even took her dad's place to be held captive by the Beast, because she loves her dad.

She fell in love, yes. But not because of the look of Prince Beast.
But because he was nice, loving and funny.

This is what I wanna plant in my kid's head. To fall in love with someone is more than just superficial beauty.

2. Mulan

I loved this story because in the end, a lot of people, heck, the entire China respected Mulan, a normal girl from downtown who wasn't married even when she's older. I assume she's older, since her family were so desperate to marry her off.

She wanted to honor her family, went to war dressed up as a man, faught like a man, and found love by accident.

She was a brave fighter, whereby she put herself last when it came to protecting the emperor. She had guts. And the reward for that is priceless.

She brought honor to her family for generations to come.

From this story, family is utmost important in life. Stand up for what you believe in, even when the whole world is against you.

3. The Prophet Muhammad and anbiya'

I want to raise my kid the Islamic way, whereby I tell them stories about the hard work each Prophet went through to bring Islam where it is today.

How they were tortured and Allah helped them every step of the way. How they prayed and seek His forgiveness every time they faced hardship in spreading Islam.

Hopefully with the endless stories of The Prophet and Anbiya', my kids will grow to be patient, kind and loving...even to the haters. somehow i have this yucky feeling that my kids will be bullied in the future. It could be because they are super smart, friendly, fat or because they have me as their mummy; I'd embarrass them in school events. Ahhhh...too much thought into the unknown future.

Basically, these are my preferences, but who knows, maybe we wont even be reading these books in the future. I might forget about this entry I posted...years ago. haha...
Just sharing my thoughts.

Let me know if you have your very own line of stories you prefer with your kids or niece/nephew.