Exactly. :)
I think that censoring any reading child’s books is sad. I read every book I could lay my hands on - including some I found in families I babysat for ;) People knowing I read turned me on to new books, new authors I might not have found on my own at that age. One mom said ‘You might enjoy this one’ and gave me Clan of the Cave Bear at age 16, which led me to read the entire Earth Children series. Another one said, since I liked Gone With The Wind (read for the first time in 5th grade), I might like Forever
Amber. My aunt introduced me to Stephen King my 14th summer, and another adult friend gave me James Herriott. And so on.
My parents never censored any books. I was never into the popular teen series, the Sweet Valley High or Harlequins. I read adult type novels, but I learned far more in them (even of sex or violence) than any teen book. I *LEARNED* with every book I read, literature or fluff.
I was never into the teen series either and never liked contemporary romance novels. As i posted to this thread, when my 21 yo daughter mentioned wanting to read a series of books about vampires, i pooh poohed it and said how stupid, but just casually picked this up at the beach and read it in a day and thoroughly enjoyed it. People who fear their children being adversely influenced by a novel really aren’t very confident of their parenting skills, IMO.
By the way, your list of reading materials is high on trash and lacking in anything substantive. "Clan of the Cave Bear"? For Pete's sake grow up.