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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 309191" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>I am beyond an avid book reader. I am ferocious. I live through books. I explore, challenge my mind, find joy, anger, laughter, love, rage, a range of emotions, all through stories. I escaped a crazy childhood that led to PTSD via the world of books. There wasn't anything I wouldn't read. I am positive as a child I read things that many adults find contraversial and wouldn't themselves read. It did not warp me. It did not taint me. It did lead to me being a free thinker, it opened my mind and my world. I advocate the same now for my children. Other than blatant pornography, there isn't anything I would stop my children from reading that I can imagine, if it held their interest. I have helped them understand that written text is not law, it is a writers expressions and to be taken as such. They get it. It truly isn't complicated. They have such a vast knowledge base via books that I wouldn't prevent them for much, if anything. </p><p></p><p>That being said, banning books that are age appropriate is beyond my scope of understanding. I try to be respectful but I read about ONE parent objecting to a well read, well loved, fantastic book of what I call "literature" recently and the book being removed from the reading list at a school. One parent? I was stunned. I'm still stunned. Personally in that school system I as a parent would have fought for that book for my child if it was removed from the reading list for that particular reason. </p><p></p><p>I don't understand what closes peoples minds to open ideas. Why such a fear of different thoughts? What is to be feared by free thinkers? What a boring, gray colored world it would be if this was a rampant practice. Conformity on that type of scale would frighten me. I bet most kids, hearing a book is banned, find the book another way. Forbidden fruit and all!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 309191, member: 4264"] I am beyond an avid book reader. I am ferocious. I live through books. I explore, challenge my mind, find joy, anger, laughter, love, rage, a range of emotions, all through stories. I escaped a crazy childhood that led to PTSD via the world of books. There wasn't anything I wouldn't read. I am positive as a child I read things that many adults find contraversial and wouldn't themselves read. It did not warp me. It did not taint me. It did lead to me being a free thinker, it opened my mind and my world. I advocate the same now for my children. Other than blatant pornography, there isn't anything I would stop my children from reading that I can imagine, if it held their interest. I have helped them understand that written text is not law, it is a writers expressions and to be taken as such. They get it. It truly isn't complicated. They have such a vast knowledge base via books that I wouldn't prevent them for much, if anything. That being said, banning books that are age appropriate is beyond my scope of understanding. I try to be respectful but I read about ONE parent objecting to a well read, well loved, fantastic book of what I call "literature" recently and the book being removed from the reading list at a school. One parent? I was stunned. I'm still stunned. Personally in that school system I as a parent would have fought for that book for my child if it was removed from the reading list for that particular reason. I don't understand what closes peoples minds to open ideas. Why such a fear of different thoughts? What is to be feared by free thinkers? What a boring, gray colored world it would be if this was a rampant practice. Conformity on that type of scale would frighten me. I bet most kids, hearing a book is banned, find the book another way. Forbidden fruit and all! [/QUOTE]
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