Booking Through Thursday: Age-Inappropriate (?)

http://btt2.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/age-inappropriate/

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?!)

Booking Through Thursday: Age-Appropriate (?)

 http://btt2.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/age-appropriate/

Do you read books “meant” for other age groups? Adult books when you were a child; Young-Adult books now that you’re grown; Picture books just for kicks … You know … books not “meant” for you. Or do you pretty much stick to what’s written for people your age?

I don’t think I ever cared all that much about age groups.

Not that I think I started reading adult books extremely early; I guess from my early teens or so. (I think my mother rather encouraged it; she read a lot herself.)

I still enjoy reading or re-reading classic children’s books or young-adult books from time to time (even at age 55+). I  can’t say I have kept up to date with that kind of literature from more recent years though – except for the Harry Potter series and a few others in that genre.

On the other hand, I can’t really claim that I’ve been able to keep up to date with literature written for my own age-group either!

Getting Younger And Younger

Rocking horse (and dog) at the supermarket
(Photo taken from outside through the window)

Have you noticed the rejuvenating spirit here lately?
The post title does not refer to me (alas!), but to the average age of my Followers.

I’ve been thinking for a while that maybe I should introduce you to Intan from Indonesia. Her blog is called Intan Has Stories. (Isn’t that an intriguing blog title?) I don’t know her exact age, but she is under 13 and in elementary school. Unfortunately her first meetings with the Blog World included age discrimination. Visit her blog and you will be adding to her collection of flags from different countries in the sidebar statistics gadget.

Intan was by far my youngest follower. Until yesterday. Then Ms. Burrito appeared on the scene. Aged – five…!

Oh dear. I shall have to think twice about what I write in here.