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Date Posted: 08:38:28 06/03/01 Sun
Author: Kris
Author Host/IP: 24.8.237.236
Subject: Tell me what you think please

For those of you that don't know, Colleen is eight years old (nine in October). She's a very bright girl, been reading since she was three and finished Moby Dick, Great Expectations and David Copperfield in first grade. (I'm not bragging, just giving you an idea of the level of her reading and comprehension.) I've caught her twice now with several of my books. One was about the Romanov family (Tsar Nicholas), one a book on mythology and the other was Anne Frank. Now, I've never taken her to task for reading other things that were beyond her level. She's comprehended everything and we discuss each thing she reads. I've been told that each of these books are inappropriate. The first because the royal family was executed (she knew that, we had discussed it), the second because it's doesn't coincide with her Catholic school teachings, the last because it deals with Nazi Germany. The only one that I have a problem with is Anne Frank as I recall some discussion of her budding sexuality (and the entire subject is disturbing), although I did read it for the first time when I was ten. What do you think? If she is able to handle these subjects intellectually and emotionally, is it right to forbid her to read them? Would you allow your daughter to read these things? I would appreciate thoughts on this, and please be honest.

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