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.
because it’s how you were RAISED and not what you read as a teenager that determined how you all turned out! parents can do their best to keep their children in a bubble, but at the end of the day reality intrudes and it’s how you’ve prepared them to MEET that reality that matters.