What do Children think?

After taking the test today and after studying over my notes last night I really began to think; we have discussed several different images and ideas in class that authors have created in their fairy tale versions. A few of these points we've discussed were somewhat surprising to me. I probably never would have thought about them if we hadn't talked about them in class. I'm usually not one to deeply anaylze what I read because I guess I don't really have that analytical mind, but I feel like I've kind of "grown" more or less in really thinking about what the author is trying to convey as I continue to read more things. If I don't really see these points of the authors at first as I'm reading, then what do children think about as they read these fairy tales? Do do they just see them as pure entertainment, or entertainment with some insight to it? I would think that most children read these fairy tales for enjoyment, so why do authors convey so many messages, themes, symbols, ideas, etc. Are these fairy tales really for children, or are they more for the parents of these children who are usually reading them to their children? It seems as though most authors are trying to relay messages to the parents in order to teach their children. The authors could even be pointing these messages just to the parents themselves.