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I don't think that is what this is. nossy Send a noteboard - 06/06/2011 10:41:06 PM
My only issue with what you're saying is that you're looking at it only from the point of view of a well-adjusted child. Or so it seems to me, anyway. There are MANY out there who don't have positive influences to learn from, and there are some who take the bad route regardless. Alternately, there are some kids who actually listen to their parents. I know, I was one. That's not to say I was never curious or out of bounds, but I was mostly good. So anyway, it's just not right to make this kind of decision w/o first looking outside your own paradigm, imo. Guidelines and warnings aren't inappropriate, but banning would be. *shrugs*
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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 2153 Views
There's only one thing about this literature that disturbs me Tom - 05/06/2011 05:39:35 PM 1124 Views
This is a thought out, finely articulated response. beetnemesis - 05/06/2011 06:47:13 PM 1138 Views
If it were just vampires that would be just fine Tom - 05/06/2011 08:03:02 PM 907 Views
People have been complaining about this since the novel was invented beetnemesis - 05/06/2011 11:02:58 PM 979 Views
This is different. Tom - 06/06/2011 01:56:56 AM 987 Views
Apparently the article did paint far too bleak a picture, Rebekah - 06/06/2011 12:39:46 PM 1065 Views
Why waste time with "YA literature" at all? Tom - 06/06/2011 02:14:03 PM 842 Views
Re: Why waste time with "YA literature" at all? Rebekah - 06/06/2011 02:28:42 PM 796 Views
I think that's a post factum justification, not a reason. Tom - 06/06/2011 05:08:09 PM 1009 Views
Maybe. It's hard to separate, I think. Rebekah - 07/06/2011 01:06:29 PM 1031 Views
One certainly has to choose the real literature to present, certainly. Tom - 07/06/2011 02:27:00 PM 1069 Views
Very good post. Legolas - 06/06/2011 08:52:22 PM 883 Views
You seem to be the only one who thinks so. *NM* Tom - 07/06/2011 01:17:18 AM 317 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 1130 Views
Suicide rates have gone up significantly Tom - 07/06/2011 02:42:55 PM 791 Views
Heh. beetnemesis - 08/06/2011 07:24:44 PM 1110 Views
you are having trouble finding cultural ideas that turned bad? random thoughts - 08/06/2011 11:56:23 PM 1022 Views
The classic problem of the overprotective parent- underestimating your kids beetnemesis - 09/06/2011 05:33:54 AM 984 Views
the classic problem of people who have no idea what they are talking about random thoughts - 09/06/2011 04:16:25 PM 900 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 332 Views
The Diary of Anne Frank? Seriously? Legolas - 10/06/2011 08:13:47 PM 946 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 1164 Views
I'd say books offer a fundamentally different experience than movies beetnemesis - 05/06/2011 06:53:55 PM 1121 Views
I'm not sure that makes a difference here. nossy - 06/06/2011 04:47:05 AM 1098 Views
Because thinking makes you LESS susceptible to these things you're afraid of beetnemesis - 06/06/2011 05:27:26 PM 1136 Views
I don't completely agree with that. nossy - 06/06/2011 07:26:21 PM 1083 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 1059 Views
I don't think that is what this is. nossy - 06/06/2011 10:41:06 PM 956 Views
I suppose I'm giving a lot of credit to the status of "reader" beetnemesis - 07/06/2011 03:08:48 AM 953 Views
Your response is about where I sit. Rebekah - 06/06/2011 12:30:04 PM 957 Views
Nope, this is stupid beetnemesis - 05/06/2011 06:38:51 PM 953 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 341 Views
CNN: "On a website, a person named 'Macharius' used the 'N-word'". Tom - 06/06/2011 01:58:35 AM 841 Views
Parents have the right and resonsibility to know what their children are reading random thoughts - 06/06/2011 03:41:22 AM 863 Views
Re: Parents have the right and resonsibility to know what their children are reading Rebekah - 06/06/2011 12:40:24 PM 1018 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 1129 Views
well so far you have failed to make the argument random thoughts - 07/06/2011 04:22:00 AM 1055 Views
Depends on the subject matter. Rebekah - 07/06/2011 01:07:57 PM 884 Views
Basically? Yes. beetnemesis - 07/06/2011 06:42:04 PM 1129 Views
why do think there is value in letting them read whatever they want? random thoughts - 07/06/2011 06:52:20 PM 796 Views
Don't be an idiot. beetnemesis - 09/06/2011 05:25:26 AM 981 Views
I am being an idiot? random thoughts - 09/06/2011 04:10:28 PM 963 Views
I wasn't calling you an idiot for disagreeing with me. beetnemesis - 09/06/2011 04:44:37 PM 1037 Views
Do we restrict access or alter parenting? fionwe1987 - 06/06/2011 04:31:13 AM 1189 Views
Well, I wrote a long piece related to this Larry - 06/06/2011 05:21:06 AM 1085 Views
Great post. She really tries to muddy the waters relating to censorship and parenting. Ghavrel - 06/06/2011 08:05:21 AM 952 Views
She kind of conflates some issues that are quite different, if you ask me. Legolas - 06/06/2011 08:47:33 PM 1017 Views
A+++ would read this reply again *NM* beetnemesis - 06/06/2011 10:23:11 PM 329 Views
+1 *NM* Darth_Katie - 07/06/2011 01:12:16 AM 319 Views
Wait wait wait wait wait... NYT reviewed Game of Thrones? I must read this beetnemesis - 07/06/2011 03:20:08 AM 883 Views
I think he's talking about the review of the tv show they did. Darth_Katie - 07/06/2011 03:30:19 AM 822 Views
Indeed. Everything she said. *NM* Legolas - 07/06/2011 06:13:20 PM 295 Views
it does take a lot of work to keep track of your kids random thoughts - 07/06/2011 05:02:55 AM 1041 Views
*I agree with this* *NM* Stephen - 07/06/2011 01:18:58 PM 404 Views
Having now read one of the books mentioned, Cheryl Rainfield's Scars... Larry - 08/06/2011 02:18:23 AM 1130 Views
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