How did pirates become an acceptable icon for children?

by syscallgrl

There are pirate costumes, pirate rides, and multiple children's movies involving pirates. However, historically aren't they quite violent and dangerous?

Elphinstone1842

I've written somewhat about this here as a response to a very similar question. (I've also written this post since then that goes into a lot more detail about real pirates and their real views and interactions with race that I think is relevant to some things I mention).

If anyone has any other related questions I'd be glad to try to go into more detail.