In contrast to last week’s question–What do you think of censoring books BECAUSE of their intended age? Say, books too “old” for your kids to read?
Since I didn't have kids of my own, my answer will be hypothetical. In general, I guess I believe more in recommendations than in censorship. If something is forbidden, and grown-ups fail to properly explain why, kids usually find a way anyway. These days my guess would be that what they pick up from TV and the internet probably cause more problems than book-reading, generally speaking.
If I did find my hypothetical kid in possession of a book I thought really inappropriate for him/her, I guess I'd ask where they got it from, and if they already read it or not; and try to take a discussion from there. (Sounds easy in theory, doesn't it?!)
I don't think it's necessary. I believe kids self-censor.
ReplyDeleteI'm 66, and my parents never censored my reading. I carried on the tradition, and never censored my daughters' reading. Now that they're mothers, they don't either.
Good answer.
ReplyDeletehere's mine:
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/05/booking-through-thursday_19.html
good answer, i think parents should censor their kids books/tv/computer and rooms
ReplyDeleteMy parents never censored anything I read and I am certain that if they had I would have read it anyway.
ReplyDeleteSally.
http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/05/booking-through-thursday-18.html
My parents only censored one book, Lady Chatterley's Lover and I read it anyway and found it very boring, never finished it.
ReplyDeleteI didn't censor my daughter's reading at all.
One problem with not censoring, i read a number of books I was just too young to understand or appreciate. Should probably go back and reread some of them.