ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Bruno Bettelheim

Bruno Bettelheim was a very smart man who talked a lot about how children grow up and learn things. He believed that when kids read fairy tales, they learn important lessons about life, even if the stories are not real. He wrote books talking about these ideas, and people listened to what he said. However, some people also said that he did some bad things, and his reputation got worse because of it. Overall, he's someone who had some good ideas but also did some things that weren't so good.