Back to the age limits...Was: re: Streaking Draco?

[Phil Boswell]

"Pernille" <bolle17 at f...> wrote:
> If I were a parent I would give my child SS/PS when he/she was 
> eleven, then CoS when he/she was twelve and so on. If they really 
> became interested I would let them buy the rest of the books 
> themselves or I would buy them for them. But I don't think the
> series  is appropriate for kids under ten - eleven.
> 
> The same about the movies, if you don't think the movies, or parts
> of the movies is appropriate for your child, why do they have to see
> it now? Why can't you wait until they are old enough in your
> opinion?

My little girl is nearly nine and has a language disorder: her
expressive language is delayed by a couple of years, which affects her
reading (it's all rather technical for me) even though her receptive
language is nearly up to par.

She has seen both HP films several times on DVD, which allows her to
hide behind me, or the sofa, at the scary bits (shades of Dr Who :-).
Some bits she didn't want to watch the first time through, but was OK
with on subsequent tries.

She is now desperate to improve her reading to the point where she can
read the books for herself. Which I like the sound of, because her
attention span when *I'm* reading them is rather too short :-) She has
pseudo-read her way through most of PS, although I'm sceptical about
how closely she has actually read it. I'm not about to call her out on
it, however, because as far as I'm concerned, anything which makes her
enthusiastic about reading is a bonus.
-- 
Phil