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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 2185 Views
Re: Harry Potter (the entire series) QueenOfAndor - 06/04/2010 11:29:49 PM 1427 Views
Really? Jeordam - 07/04/2010 05:41:46 PM 1523 Views
I honestly think it's a combination of the two beetnemesis - 07/04/2010 05:55:18 PM 1350 Views
I'll give you that.... Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:11:27 PM 1410 Views
It does seem logical that the series gets more teenager-oriented as Harry grows older. Legolas - 07/04/2010 06:47:57 PM 1376 Views
Yeah, I believe she's explicitly said she did that on purpose beetnemesis - 10/04/2010 08:24:47 PM 1329 Views
Um...you forgot a book. aria - 06/04/2010 11:37:27 PM 1454 Views
My bad...much thanks for reminding me. Jeordam - 07/04/2010 05:43:53 PM 1419 Views
Re: Harry Potter (the entire series) DomA - 07/04/2010 12:26:22 AM 1746 Views
I get where you're coming from Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:19:13 PM 1516 Views
That's kind of the point though... fionwe1987 - 07/04/2010 08:44:26 PM 1409 Views
This is how I see it too DomA - 08/04/2010 12:43:03 AM 1561 Views
just a comment about your rich=bad LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 02:05:32 AM 1533 Views
Re: just a comment about your rich=bad DomA - 08/04/2010 05:58:13 PM 1529 Views
it was a bit black and white... LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 08:48:05 PM 1332 Views
I agree with many of your points. Legolas - 07/04/2010 12:44:31 AM 1631 Views
I have to dispute the concept of going "too far." Ghavrel - 07/04/2010 06:32:47 AM 1361 Views
Hm, I don't know. Legolas - 07/04/2010 11:08:12 AM 1416 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 1342 Views
Where is this debate? I'd like to read it. Jeordam - 08/04/2010 05:18:38 PM 2012 Views
I should have put "debate" in quotes. It's about four sentences long. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 10:32:43 PM 1337 Views
I agree entirely about Snape *NM* Camilla - 07/04/2010 11:50:00 AM 692 Views
More conversation on Snape. Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:01:37 PM 1717 Views
His death wasn't very spectacular, but he did play an essential role... Legolas - 07/04/2010 06:45:58 PM 1564 Views
Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Aemon - 07/04/2010 07:13:55 AM 1719 Views
Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:09:20 PM 1557 Views
The movies are even worse about this. beetnemesis - 07/04/2010 06:15:35 PM 1421 Views
Hmmm.... Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:21:40 PM 1398 Views
Oh, that's definitely why they did it beetnemesis - 09/04/2010 06:44:50 AM 1722 Views
how many high school relationships... LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 02:13:48 AM 1385 Views
Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 07:24:31 AM 1381 Views
Re: Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen. Camilla - 08/04/2010 03:27:09 PM 1404 Views
Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Camilla - 08/04/2010 03:25:38 PM 1549 Views
Harry Potter and Star Wars have two radically different approaches to this beetnemesis - 07/04/2010 06:13:25 PM 1656 Views
When my son asked for his own set of Harry Potter books, Beqi - 07/04/2010 10:26:37 PM 1438 Views
This is assuming of course... Jeordam - 07/04/2010 11:00:15 PM 1485 Views
yes, that's where parenting gets "complicated" LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 02:16:06 AM 1411 Views
You are taking this a bit extreme I feel. Beqi - 08/04/2010 08:51:34 AM 1358 Views
I agree. *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/04/2010 06:11:06 PM 627 Views
Re: This is assuming of course... Camilla - 08/04/2010 03:30:33 PM 1546 Views
I am the same way with a few books. Beqi - 08/04/2010 08:05:04 PM 1414 Views
I was most irritated by the ironic names Tom - 08/04/2010 05:38:59 AM 1538 Views
Re: I was most irritated by the ironic names TaskmasterJack - 08/04/2010 10:07:40 PM 1932 Views
Sheriff Lobo wasn't a werewolf, either, and Bear wasn't a bear. Tom - 09/04/2010 12:47:48 AM 1327 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 1481 Views
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