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To think the content described is acceptable, when they ban "Huck Finn" for using 'nigger'. *NM* Macharius Send a noteboard - 05/06/2011 09:45:15 PM
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This WSJ article has kicked up a huge fuss on the internet - YA is "too dark". Rebekah - 05/06/2011 03:46:50 PM 2049 Views
There's only one thing about this literature that disturbs me Tom - 05/06/2011 05:39:35 PM 1004 Views
This is a thought out, finely articulated response. beetnemesis - 05/06/2011 06:47:13 PM 1041 Views
If it were just vampires that would be just fine Tom - 05/06/2011 08:03:02 PM 822 Views
People have been complaining about this since the novel was invented beetnemesis - 05/06/2011 11:02:58 PM 895 Views
This is different. Tom - 06/06/2011 01:56:56 AM 897 Views
Apparently the article did paint far too bleak a picture, Rebekah - 06/06/2011 12:39:46 PM 981 Views
Why waste time with "YA literature" at all? Tom - 06/06/2011 02:14:03 PM 760 Views
Re: Why waste time with "YA literature" at all? Rebekah - 06/06/2011 02:28:42 PM 717 Views
I think that's a post factum justification, not a reason. Tom - 06/06/2011 05:08:09 PM 908 Views
Maybe. It's hard to separate, I think. Rebekah - 07/06/2011 01:06:29 PM 947 Views
One certainly has to choose the real literature to present, certainly. Tom - 07/06/2011 02:27:00 PM 967 Views
Very good post. Legolas - 06/06/2011 08:52:22 PM 779 Views
You seem to be the only one who thinks so. *NM* Tom - 07/06/2011 01:17:18 AM 278 Views
I don't think it's a bad post... I just think that the "despair" is a teen fad, and not as bad as beetnemesis - 07/06/2011 03:19:03 AM 1040 Views
Suicide rates have gone up significantly Tom - 07/06/2011 02:42:55 PM 715 Views
Heh. beetnemesis - 08/06/2011 07:24:44 PM 1020 Views
you are having trouble finding cultural ideas that turned bad? random thoughts - 08/06/2011 11:56:23 PM 937 Views
The classic problem of the overprotective parent- underestimating your kids beetnemesis - 09/06/2011 05:33:54 AM 875 Views
the classic problem of people who have no idea what they are talking about random thoughts - 09/06/2011 04:16:25 PM 826 Views
Are you really equating reading about trauma with trauma? They are not the same. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 09/06/2011 07:10:34 PM 291 Views
The Diary of Anne Frank? Seriously? Legolas - 10/06/2011 08:13:47 PM 861 Views
I'm sure the percentage of good books must be higher than they make it sound, nossy - 05/06/2011 05:53:21 PM 1073 Views
I'd say books offer a fundamentally different experience than movies beetnemesis - 05/06/2011 06:53:55 PM 996 Views
I'm not sure that makes a difference here. nossy - 06/06/2011 04:47:05 AM 998 Views
Because thinking makes you LESS susceptible to these things you're afraid of beetnemesis - 06/06/2011 05:27:26 PM 1028 Views
I don't completely agree with that. nossy - 06/06/2011 07:26:21 PM 983 Views
I feel like I just can't relate to parents determined to shelter their kids from everything beetnemesis - 06/06/2011 10:21:44 PM 974 Views
I don't think that is what this is. nossy - 06/06/2011 10:41:06 PM 873 Views
I suppose I'm giving a lot of credit to the status of "reader" beetnemesis - 07/06/2011 03:08:48 AM 866 Views
Your response is about where I sit. Rebekah - 06/06/2011 12:30:04 PM 878 Views
Nope, this is stupid beetnemesis - 05/06/2011 06:38:51 PM 869 Views
To think the content described is acceptable, when they ban "Huck Finn" for using 'nigger'. *NM* Macharius - 05/06/2011 09:45:15 PM 309 Views
CNN: "On a website, a person named 'Macharius' used the 'N-word'". Tom - 06/06/2011 01:58:35 AM 761 Views
Parents have the right and resonsibility to know what their children are reading random thoughts - 06/06/2011 03:41:22 AM 790 Views
Re: Parents have the right and resonsibility to know what their children are reading Rebekah - 06/06/2011 12:40:24 PM 924 Views
I'd argue if you're old enough to be interested in the subject matter, you're old enough to read it beetnemesis - 06/06/2011 05:32:33 PM 1053 Views
well so far you have failed to make the argument random thoughts - 07/06/2011 04:22:00 AM 977 Views
Depends on the subject matter. Rebekah - 07/06/2011 01:07:57 PM 802 Views
Basically? Yes. beetnemesis - 07/06/2011 06:42:04 PM 1047 Views
why do think there is value in letting them read whatever they want? random thoughts - 07/06/2011 06:52:20 PM 716 Views
Don't be an idiot. beetnemesis - 09/06/2011 05:25:26 AM 901 Views
I am being an idiot? random thoughts - 09/06/2011 04:10:28 PM 889 Views
I wasn't calling you an idiot for disagreeing with me. beetnemesis - 09/06/2011 04:44:37 PM 943 Views
Do we restrict access or alter parenting? fionwe1987 - 06/06/2011 04:31:13 AM 1099 Views
Well, I wrote a long piece related to this Larry - 06/06/2011 05:21:06 AM 988 Views
Great post. She really tries to muddy the waters relating to censorship and parenting. Ghavrel - 06/06/2011 08:05:21 AM 871 Views
She kind of conflates some issues that are quite different, if you ask me. Legolas - 06/06/2011 08:47:33 PM 924 Views
A+++ would read this reply again *NM* beetnemesis - 06/06/2011 10:23:11 PM 291 Views
+1 *NM* Darth_Katie - 07/06/2011 01:12:16 AM 279 Views
Wait wait wait wait wait... NYT reviewed Game of Thrones? I must read this beetnemesis - 07/06/2011 03:20:08 AM 801 Views
I think he's talking about the review of the tv show they did. Darth_Katie - 07/06/2011 03:30:19 AM 734 Views
Indeed. Everything she said. *NM* Legolas - 07/06/2011 06:13:20 PM 261 Views
it does take a lot of work to keep track of your kids random thoughts - 07/06/2011 05:02:55 AM 939 Views
*I agree with this* *NM* Stephen - 07/06/2011 01:18:58 PM 342 Views
Having now read one of the books mentioned, Cheryl Rainfield's Scars... Larry - 08/06/2011 02:18:23 AM 1025 Views
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