10 Beasts That Changed the World

There was a book, "The Official Godzilla Compendium", now unfortunately both out of date and our of print, which included a guest essay, "Godzilla as a Parenting Tool" by a Ph.D. social psychologist. He presented a six-point argument as to the positive values we pass to our children from Godzilla movies. Succinctly, the six were: 1) real vs. pretend; 2) helping others; 3) the importance of family; 4) the importance of the environment; 5) the importance of courage; and 6) how to take care of things that are important to us. It's a well thought out and well-written article that would lead me to add Godzilla to the likes of Beast and the Iron Giant.