Too Old for Harry Potter [hardly]

[melclaros <melclaros@yahoo.com>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Anne <urbana at c...>" 
<urbana at c...> wrote:

> earlier this year. When we were about halfway through GoF, a boy we 
> know who is about 12 (and who's read all 4 books a couple of times) 
> told me 'There's a lot of really *creepy* stuff in Goblet of Fire - 
> so when you get to the creepy stuff, you might want to edit it a 
bit 
> while you're reading it to her."  

A wise child and one with wise parents! It astounds me how many 
parents are rushing their too young children into these books. When 
my son and I read GoF together when it was published he was 10. I was 
hesitant in a few spots and in some places he asked me to stop 
reading, he "needed a break". The books will be around for a 
LOOONNNGGG time. Lets let our children GROW INTO THEM! In one way, it 
is a relief that book 5 has taken a little while longer to come out. 
At least the kids who were "force read" GoF at age 5 (yes they were!) 
have had a couple of years to recover before it gets even worse!

Melpomene