If one’s children are properly educated with the RIGHT messages by their parents, they will not be sent astray by a novel or a movie. I am quite confident in my kids upbringing and their ability to know right from wrong, proper messages from improper messages. they don’t need to be shielded from things. like i said, to each his own.
And therein IS the problem...you have done so, I have done so, but from what I see in my community, parenting is just too damn hard. THAT'S why this crap becomes so popular, imo.
Oh man, you can’t stop teens from reading books, esp. the ‘good’ parts! When I was in middle school, we passed around a copy of one mom’s book, Wifey (Judy Blume). Not one of our parents knew we had it but certain pages were dog-eared from being folded over for the ‘dirty parts’. Lol, just remembering. That was only one book of many we shared.
And you know what? It didn’t make any difference in what we grew up to become. We had a majorly big 25 year reunion this year. All of us, average American citizens, married, raising families, working, just being good people. It’s silly to think that reading something in your teen years is going to change *who* you are.