Age suitability of canon

[melclaros <melclaros@yahoo.com>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "siriusgeologist 
<lrcjestes at e...>" <lrcjestes at e...> wrote:
> 
> I really don't mean to be argumentative this week, but the HP 
> released to date definitely *are* suitable for seven year olds. 


Do you HAVE a seven year old?  

 
> remember reading one interview that said JKR's 7 yo daughter was 
> enjoying the books 


And that's funny because I remember one--Time Magazine upon release 
of GoF where JKR herself was quoted as saying she would NOT ALLOW her 
daughter to read the books at her (at the time) age.

This is a real "bugaboo" of mine. What is the RUSH? These books are 
going to be around for a very long time.? Wait until your children 
can understand, appreciate and enjoy them! If you want to read them 
yourself, go for it! Have a ball, I've read them all twice on my own 
after sharing them with my son (who was 10 when GoF came out and even 
then asked to take breaks while reading certain parts of it.) There 
were moments. I never even THOUGHT of reading it to my daughter who 
was(coincidentally) at the time, SEVEN.  My son will be 13 on the day 
OoP is released, I believe he will be able to handle what JKR has 
ready to throw at him. My 9 year old will not. Hell, *I* might not.

(It's not Snape, It's not Snape....)
Melpomene