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Re: This is assuming of course... Camilla Send a noteboard - 08/04/2010 03:30:33 PM
I got them for him. He read the first book in two evenings. And the second one the next two. He is 9 now. Will be 10 in a few months. I think you need to let kids explore their limits. He said he may wait to read the next one.


that kids know what it is to recognize a limit and not cross it. Even crossing that limit once can be destructive.

Take the example of kids eating too much Halloween candy. They get sick, the puke up all over themselves, and they are miserable. So if the next day is a school day...you make them get up, and you make them go. You can always point out "I told you not to eat so much...." but well they didn't listen.

Now replace candy with heroin or meth. The aftermath is hardly so innocent and the chance of a repeat is that much worse.

Now I'm not saying that the HP books are the literary equivilent to meth. I'm just pointing out recognizing a limit and pointing it out may be the better option.

~Jeordam


It may also backfire.
My mother told me not to read some books when I was a kid. Now some of them I read anyway, and I didn't understand them. It didn't affect me adversely to have read them, though, because a quick re-read fixed that a few years later. But I still haven't read some of the ones that she told me not to read, in part because a part of me still thinks it is 9 years old. Now, I may be special, but I don't think a book can actually break a kid's brain.
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Harry Potter (the entire series) Jeordam - 06/04/2010 11:00:07 PM 1961 Views
Re: Harry Potter (the entire series) QueenOfAndor - 06/04/2010 11:29:49 PM 1235 Views
Really? Jeordam - 07/04/2010 05:41:46 PM 1291 Views
I honestly think it's a combination of the two beetnemesis - 07/04/2010 05:55:18 PM 1164 Views
I'll give you that.... Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:11:27 PM 1214 Views
It does seem logical that the series gets more teenager-oriented as Harry grows older. Legolas - 07/04/2010 06:47:57 PM 1187 Views
Yeah, I believe she's explicitly said she did that on purpose beetnemesis - 10/04/2010 08:24:47 PM 1122 Views
Um...you forgot a book. aria - 06/04/2010 11:37:27 PM 1236 Views
My bad...much thanks for reminding me. Jeordam - 07/04/2010 05:43:53 PM 1195 Views
Re: Harry Potter (the entire series) DomA - 07/04/2010 12:26:22 AM 1542 Views
I get where you're coming from Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:19:13 PM 1300 Views
That's kind of the point though... fionwe1987 - 07/04/2010 08:44:26 PM 1234 Views
This is how I see it too DomA - 08/04/2010 12:43:03 AM 1369 Views
just a comment about your rich=bad LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 02:05:32 AM 1318 Views
Re: just a comment about your rich=bad DomA - 08/04/2010 05:58:13 PM 1318 Views
it was a bit black and white... LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 08:48:05 PM 1130 Views
I agree with many of your points. Legolas - 07/04/2010 12:44:31 AM 1422 Views
I have to dispute the concept of going "too far." Ghavrel - 07/04/2010 06:32:47 AM 1180 Views
Hm, I don't know. Legolas - 07/04/2010 11:08:12 AM 1225 Views
This is a lot like the argument I'm having with Joel on the CMB concerning original sin. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 07:21:39 AM 1139 Views
Where is this debate? I'd like to read it. Jeordam - 08/04/2010 05:18:38 PM 1813 Views
I should have put "debate" in quotes. It's about four sentences long. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 10:32:43 PM 1138 Views
I agree entirely about Snape *NM* Camilla - 07/04/2010 11:50:00 AM 584 Views
More conversation on Snape. Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:01:37 PM 1481 Views
His death wasn't very spectacular, but he did play an essential role... Legolas - 07/04/2010 06:45:58 PM 1340 Views
Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Aemon - 07/04/2010 07:13:55 AM 1525 Views
Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:09:20 PM 1343 Views
The movies are even worse about this. beetnemesis - 07/04/2010 06:15:35 PM 1216 Views
Hmmm.... Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:21:40 PM 1205 Views
Oh, that's definitely why they did it beetnemesis - 09/04/2010 06:44:50 AM 1539 Views
how many high school relationships... LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 02:13:48 AM 1207 Views
Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 07:24:31 AM 1189 Views
Re: Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen. Camilla - 08/04/2010 03:27:09 PM 1205 Views
Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Camilla - 08/04/2010 03:25:38 PM 1338 Views
Harry Potter and Star Wars have two radically different approaches to this beetnemesis - 07/04/2010 06:13:25 PM 1445 Views
When my son asked for his own set of Harry Potter books, Beqi - 07/04/2010 10:26:37 PM 1255 Views
This is assuming of course... Jeordam - 07/04/2010 11:00:15 PM 1296 Views
yes, that's where parenting gets "complicated" LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 02:16:06 AM 1212 Views
You are taking this a bit extreme I feel. Beqi - 08/04/2010 08:51:34 AM 1160 Views
I agree. *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/04/2010 06:11:06 PM 529 Views
Re: This is assuming of course... Camilla - 08/04/2010 03:30:33 PM 1358 Views
I am the same way with a few books. Beqi - 08/04/2010 08:05:04 PM 1212 Views
I was most irritated by the ironic names Tom - 08/04/2010 05:38:59 AM 1310 Views
Re: I was most irritated by the ironic names TaskmasterJack - 08/04/2010 10:07:40 PM 1743 Views
Sheriff Lobo wasn't a werewolf, either, and Bear wasn't a bear. Tom - 09/04/2010 12:47:48 AM 1147 Views
Exactly - it's not as obvious if you're a kid, then it seems clever and it's fun to decode. Legolas - 09/04/2010 01:04:11 AM 1273 Views
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