And following your point, if these children are purchasing the book themselves and reading it themselves with zero parental involvement, there is already a problem in that house. We always read the books together and discuss the stories and characters. I must disagree with the rap music permission since it has no value whatsoever. It's not music, it's not poetry, it's not even good vocabulary. It's crap, pure and simple, which degrades people.
ROTFLMAO..(though I am not in total agreement. I like some..)
oh i don't see the kids buying the books themselves, i see parents thinking, hey there's that popular children's book, i will get it for my kid. and so bring it home to read. i have to say that i still maintain that it is very rare for parents to sit down and discuss good and evil in any manifestation with their children. people are by and large clueless, they have no idea what kind of music their kids are listening to, what tv shows or movies they are seeing and what sort of ideas/misapprehensions it is giving them. Parents by and large DO NOT form their children's character. they go about living their own lives, working, getting ahead, going on vacations etc. But they have NO IDEA what they think their kids think is proper or right or good. i would stake my life on it.