Tolkien writes in his essay “On Fairy-Stories” about the effect that fairytales can have on children when they are growing up. Tolkien brings up the idea that children are supposed to grow up “not to be Peter Pans” , who would grow up with the same mind as a child, never developing into something better, but still not lose the “innocence and wonder” which is inherently a part of their minds. Rather, the goal of growing up is to “proceed on the appointed path” until the children reach their end goal, whatever that may be. Tolkien then proceeds to talk about the effects that children’s books and fairy tales can have in making that goal a reality, as they can be an introduction to topics which can become important in both education and life. Tolkien writes that they should read things “that are beyond their measure” to get suitable “introductions to poetry, history, and science”. By doing this, fairytale stories can become their own genre that is important to the development of a child, rather than having them stuck in a world where children are forced to read short of their measure, being therefore stuck in childhood forever. This idea from Tolkien is very reminiscent of Lewis’s views in the Abolition of Man about the education of children. Both Lewis and Tolkien write about how providing kids with the correct education can shape their future, creating children who learn to develop good ways of thinking, rather than being stuck with imagination. This is what Lewis would go on to describe in his book as men without chests, as they can not think with their hearts, only their brains, due impart because of how the educational system has taught them to think. By using fairy tales as a form of education, this could be the answer to the problem in the education system which Lewis struggled with so much.