I received an interesting and informative response to my post, Do You Limit Your Child’s Reading?
My reader, when her children were younger, read books with her children and discussed them.  She tried to be aware of what they were reading.
Also, she didn’t restrict their reading, but tried to get them to understand and learn to make decisions.  I found the following comment very thought provoking:
Even if a book’s theme conflicts with your religious views, why would you think you can just pretend that other views do not exist? If you can’t defend your views in the face of a childrens’ …read more

When discussing books with a children’s school librarian, I mentioned Twilight and the fact that so many youngsters are fascinated by Stephenie Meyer’s books.  The librarian said that the series becomes a little more risqué in the subsequent books.  So at that school, they limited the reading to Twilight, unless the student had written permission from the parents.
This was considered an appropriate policy, especially since students as young as fourth grade wanted to check out these books.  This gave the parents input into their children’s reading selections.
This raises some interesting questions:
Do you think a school should limit a student’s reading material unless he/she …read more

“Lizzie’s mom wouldn’t let her read certain books, so she kept them in her locker at school and read them anyway,” my daughter shared with me about her friend years later. 
 ”These weren’t ‘bad’ books,” Beth continued, “only books Lizzie’s mom thought didn’t go along with their religion.”
We had always read to and with Beth when she was younger and encouraged her love of books.
 I didn’t restrict the books Beth read.  Instead, when she was in high school, she shared with me, and we discussed why or why I didn’t think they were appropriate.  I thought I needed to teach her …read more

Fellow b5 blogger Trench Reynolds has an excellent article on the pro-ana/pro-mia debate at this My Crime Space link.
It’s the old “free speech” question again.  How far should sites that promote anorexia and bulimia as lifestyle choices (and not just mental health problems) be allowed to go? 
I still haven’t decided.  As I’ve said before, I would have most definitely been pro-ana if the Internet had existed in the 1980s, and that really worries me.  In fact, I would have been the first to start posting pics of my bones in the bathroom mirror.  And I have the feeling that if …read more