Potential q&a

[lizzybennet]

If I'm asked how I'll handle a parent who is upset about certain materials being available in the library, perhaps I'll quote from this article

I wish kids were sneaking into the library, of all places, to get their hands on edgy sh*t that would freak their parents out. The reality is that kids can get shocking material much more easily on the Internet, and books are so uncool in comparison (with, I suppose, a few vampiric exceptions) that parents who think the printed word will destroy their children's innocence are looking in the wrong place. Banning books in 2010 feels like banning Brussels sprouts — which, come to think of it, may be a good idea. I hope Wentworth's objections are actually a master plan of reverse psychology — but I fear they're just a misguided attempt to control her kids' brains.

ps-thanks ticklethepear. You always send me the best links.

Comments

[ticklethepear.livejournal.com]

:)

[mikanis-hatter.livejournal.com]

*cheers the article maker*

I would rather have my kids reading "crap" like a Clockwork Orange or Marquis de Sade than watching porn on xtube. At least I can ask them philosophical questions based on that.

[arrctic.livejournal.com]

sad but true. today when I went to the campus for a videoconference class, the librarian's 12 year old daughter had locked herself into the room to use the computer. I knew this girl when she was a little kid. I hate to imagine what she's doing online that she feels she has to lock the door for.

[themenow.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

I love books. I can understand a parent saying, you know, I think this book might be really good, but why don't we wait a year before you read it. In the meantime, let's find something else to read that might be just as interesting. (Then again...that might pique the interest...ooh mom says the book isn't right for me now...sneak and get the book!)

And the psychologist (budding of course) in me would tack on, honey, what is interesting about that book?

But to get crazy angry? Heck no. Books are awesome! They have taught me so much about life, myself, people, the world! Even the books with icky parts have learned me up some how.