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No dear. you hit no nerve, but I obviously hit several of your's. I am not emotional , at all, about these books; but you are. That's known as projection. You should only raise your child as well as I raised mine. : - )

I said that I read all of what she did, to prove a point; not because I am on the " defensive ". It was a subtle hint for you to follow, you who admitted to not living a particularly " good " life previously. Your now " HOLIER THAN THOU " attitude, is just the opposite head of the same coin .

A class in reading comprehension would help you. I said the I saw no Christian themes in the books , when I read them. Yes, you could extrapolate, that my child didn't either. I doubt that any of the children, in her class, saw it either. If you want to see Christian sermonizing , in a children's book, read the original version of " THE WATER BABIES ".

I think that all of this hysteria, over the Potter books, is silly. They are not any different than fairy tales,boos about the Arthurian legend, and any number of other books that children have read , or been read to, for 100's of years. This silliness is on par with the people who used to claim that cartoons made chidren violent. It wasn't Bugs Bunny that drove the monsters of Columbine,to murder !

Where did you get the idea that my argument was emotional?Perhaps you should read the post again. Please cite specific text as applied to the books.

They are not any different than fairy tales,boos about the Arthurian legend, and any number of other books that children have read , or been read to, for 100's of years.

You have ignored the fact that my main argument against these books is one of preference for superior alternatives, and that anything less than excellent is, as far as I am concerned, a waste of time and in the wrong direction. I note that the consistent apologies for the books that they are "not that bad," begs the question as to why they aren't that good. Meanwhile, I do think judging them as harmless before they are all written is a bit premature. Rowling has promised that they will get (in her words), "darker." As such, to conclude that they meet my standards of excellence would be logically foolish.

Most of the Potter's defenders on this thread are doing so from the perspective of adult readers, which is, in this market, specious reasoning, especially considering that the product is specifically targeted toward young children. Note that few have discussed a threshold of maturity before the material would appropriate. Such an oversight is indicative of their caution and diligence as parents.

As for whether I should follow your example, well, fuggeddaboudit. You assume WAY too much by judging my accomplishments from their harsh beginnings.