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Depends on the subject matter. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 07/06/2011 01:07:57 PM
A 13-year-old might think they're ready to read about sex. Does that mean that they're ready to read a graphic description of sex, or a description of a rape?
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
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This WSJ article has kicked up a huge fuss on the internet - YA is "too dark". - 05/06/2011 03:46:50 PM 2049 Views
There's only one thing about this literature that disturbs me - 05/06/2011 05:39:35 PM 1003 Views
This is a thought out, finely articulated response. - 05/06/2011 06:47:13 PM 1040 Views
If it were just vampires that would be just fine - 05/06/2011 08:03:02 PM 822 Views
People have been complaining about this since the novel was invented - 05/06/2011 11:02:58 PM 894 Views
This is different. - 06/06/2011 01:56:56 AM 896 Views
Apparently the article did paint far too bleak a picture, - 06/06/2011 12:39:46 PM 981 Views
Why waste time with "YA literature" at all? - 06/06/2011 02:14:03 PM 759 Views
Re: Why waste time with "YA literature" at all? - 06/06/2011 02:28:42 PM 716 Views
I think that's a post factum justification, not a reason. - 06/06/2011 05:08:09 PM 907 Views
Maybe. It's hard to separate, I think. - 07/06/2011 01:06:29 PM 947 Views
Very good post. - 06/06/2011 08:52:22 PM 779 Views
You seem to be the only one who thinks so. *NM* - 07/06/2011 01:17:18 AM 277 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 - 07/06/2011 03:19:03 AM 1039 Views
Suicide rates have gone up significantly - 07/06/2011 02:42:55 PM 715 Views
Heh. - 08/06/2011 07:24:44 PM 1019 Views
you are having trouble finding cultural ideas that turned bad? - 08/06/2011 11:56:23 PM 936 Views
The classic problem of the overprotective parent- underestimating your kids - 09/06/2011 05:33:54 AM 875 Views
The Diary of Anne Frank? Seriously? - 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, - 05/06/2011 05:53:21 PM 1072 Views
I'd say books offer a fundamentally different experience than movies - 05/06/2011 06:53:55 PM 995 Views
I'm not sure that makes a difference here. - 06/06/2011 04:47:05 AM 998 Views
Because thinking makes you LESS susceptible to these things you're afraid of - 06/06/2011 05:27:26 PM 1028 Views
I don't completely agree with that. - 06/06/2011 07:26:21 PM 982 Views
I feel like I just can't relate to parents determined to shelter their kids from everything - 06/06/2011 10:21:44 PM 974 Views
I don't think that is what this is. - 06/06/2011 10:41:06 PM 872 Views
I suppose I'm giving a lot of credit to the status of "reader" - 07/06/2011 03:08:48 AM 865 Views
Your response is about where I sit. - 06/06/2011 12:30:04 PM 878 Views
Nope, this is stupid - 05/06/2011 06:38:51 PM 868 Views
Parents have the right and resonsibility to know what their children are reading - 06/06/2011 03:41:22 AM 789 Views
Re: Parents have the right and resonsibility to know what their children are reading - 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 - 06/06/2011 05:32:33 PM 1052 Views
well so far you have failed to make the argument - 07/06/2011 04:22:00 AM 977 Views
Depends on the subject matter. - 07/06/2011 01:07:57 PM 802 Views
Basically? Yes. - 07/06/2011 06:42:04 PM 1046 Views
why do think there is value in letting them read whatever they want? - 07/06/2011 06:52:20 PM 716 Views
Don't be an idiot. - 09/06/2011 05:25:26 AM 901 Views
I am being an idiot? - 09/06/2011 04:10:28 PM 888 Views
I wasn't calling you an idiot for disagreeing with me. - 09/06/2011 04:44:37 PM 942 Views
Do we restrict access or alter parenting? - 06/06/2011 04:31:13 AM 1099 Views
Well, I wrote a long piece related to this - 06/06/2011 05:21:06 AM 988 Views
She kind of conflates some issues that are quite different, if you ask me. - 06/06/2011 08:47:33 PM 924 Views
A+++ would read this reply again *NM* - 06/06/2011 10:23:11 PM 291 Views
+1 *NM* - 07/06/2011 01:12:16 AM 278 Views
Wait wait wait wait wait... NYT reviewed Game of Thrones? I must read this - 07/06/2011 03:20:08 AM 800 Views
I think he's talking about the review of the tv show they did. - 07/06/2011 03:30:19 AM 734 Views
Indeed. Everything she said. *NM* - 07/06/2011 06:13:20 PM 260 Views
it does take a lot of work to keep track of your kids - 07/06/2011 05:02:55 AM 938 Views
*I agree with this* *NM* - 07/06/2011 01:18:58 PM 342 Views

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