Posted on 04/10/2005 6:42:44 PM PDT by Texasbock
I thought Judy Blume books were great when I was a kid too.
Now I have two girls and realize that in the real world, loving parents and friends with morals are really what kids need to get through those times.
Not some lib writing a book.
If a 9 year old girl starts with "Are you there God? It's me Margaret" about starting her period, then looks up the author to read more, "Forever" is not appropriate for her at that age.
I think our children grow up too fast these days, and have done so since the sexual revolution came into force. The paradoxical thing about it is that if they grow up too fast in the wrong way, they may never fully grow up in the right way. They become chic and sophisticated but not really mature.
Witness all the 50 or 60 year old adolescents like Bill Clinton that crowd our news and entertainment. Seemingly they will never grow up.
My point to you was that there is a lot worse books around and have been for a long time. I would spend my time making sure that the teachers weren't messing with the kids. Better yet make sure your kids aren't and let the other parents take care of theirs.
> Maybe they should pull the plug on the internet next.
The Blume book is entirely tame compared to what's on
ordinary cable & dish.
But the "ought wallowing" about having the book in
public school libraries simply goes away if we phase
out government schools entirely.
Then you can send your kids to a school that meets your
requirements (or homeschool, as you see fit).
If you think that is inappropriate then monitor what she researches. ( I went to school with kids who I thought were smart because they read National Geographic, but later found out they were looking at pictures of breasts) I can appreciate you not wanting your child to grow up too fast. I feel as well, our kids childhood decreases by the year. However, I also feel as though when ackward times happen when you are a kid, laughter kind of softens its blow.
Me, Im going to lock my children up and not let the Liberal world corrupt them. (insert smile here)
Unless she's changed her style drastically, I would not have a problem with this book.
The idea that 'open minds' should be filled with whatever publishers foist on the public is silly. When public educational dollars buy into that line, then parents that don't like the library fare have a right to complain. As long as a given title of dreck is published and available for sale from a local pornographer, then the 'free speech' choir can sit down and stow it. As far as I am concerned, school libraries should be under the direct control of the parents that send their children there.
When books are actually burned and prohibited from public or private ownership with the threatened force of government arms, then we can have this talk for real. Until then...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
I agree.
Was she the one who wrote, "eat it or wear it." My kids still say that.
>>If you think that is inappropriate then monitor what she researches.<<
Oh trust me I do, but in a perfect world I wouldn't have to constantly fight society to keep her young for a while.
I have it easy because we homeschool so she isn't dressing like the tarty 2nd graders at the local school. Who monitors them?
The book is not really banned or been burned, anyone who wants it can by a copy for themselves...but, as I say, if it is being presented in a public school paid for by tax dollars, then they have every right to object and try and get enough support to get it removed. Apparently they did and that is how our Republic works at that level.
Good for them.
I agree and I disagree. I wouldn't begin to challenge the school district's right. The school district is obviously within its rights to remove the book from its shelves. As it would be within its rights to remove Shakespeare, the Holy Bible, or Dr. Suess if it so chose.
However, that doesn't put the district above criticism for its decisions, and this decision in strikes me as particularly myopic. I've read the volume in question, and the whole moral of the story can be summed up with a single word: Don't. Blume just had the guts to write her morality play from the perspective of a girl who did, but later wished she hadn't. IMHO, that kind of thing is much more effective than sinless Leave it to Beaver universes where such challenges are not only never failed, but never even tested.
Well probably not one person because if she is dressed tarty, she's in the bathroom making out with someone!!!
BLAME IT ALL ON BRITNEY SPEARS!!!
Her books are poorly written, imo. Too much me, Me, ME from the narrator.
Ok, look jerky, keyboards aren't cheap and I don't like blowing cola through my nose. If you're going to keep this up, I demand you preface your comments with, "Swallow all drinks please, hillarity is about to ensue". It's only a proper warning. That was the funniest thing I've read in weeks. GJ.
I think I'd retract that statement. That's a Federal crime.
I agree. But not because her books are pornographic. Because they are bad literature. They are trashy in more ways than one. Don't waste money or shelf space on them.
Well becoming a "man" or a "woman". ACKWARD.
Having hair in places that didnt include your head..
Need I go on?? Im getting the ooogies like I did when I was 11.
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