[HPFGU-OTChatter] Parental advisories (was Self-Evaluation)

[Ladi lyndi]

--- Amy wrote:
> I never know whether
> such vague assertions 
> signal that I'd hate the book, love the book,
> or be neutral.  If 
> you're a James Dobson fan and the warning
> sticker comes from Focus on 
> the Family, then you have some useful
> information; otherwise all you 
> know is that someone, somewhere, doesn't like
> the book.  (The banned 
> books list always seems to have most of my
> favorite books on it.)


Lynn:

I find the problem with banned book lists is that
they seldom list the reasons why someone thinks
the books should be banned and also seldom
differentiate between an overall ban or an age
specific ban.  All the books are lumped together
and then you hear the huge outcry.  When a book
list comes out that actually lists reasons people
gave, most of the time you find that parents are
asking that certain books be moved from the
children's section to either the young adult or
adult section due to inappropriate material for
that age group and have not asked that the book
itself be banned from the general population.

I would definitely like to see either the same
kind of rating system for children's books as
they have for movies or, what may actually be
better, create one section for books which may
need parental discretion as to whether it is
appropriate for their child.  This section could
have those books where a number of parents have
objected to based on age appropriate material.  

I believe this used to be done more often way
back when.  I remember in the 8th grade "The
Diary of Anne Frank" was on our English reading
list and we had to have parental permission
before we were allowed to read it for class. 
Those who didn't receive parental permission
where given an alternate book.  Obviously there's
nothing wrong with the book.  At the time I
thought the whole thing was silly but now I
realize that the school recognized that some of
the kids may not be mature enough to handle some
of the material in the book.  In my grade school,
if we wanted to take out a book from the library
which was higher than our grade section, we also
had to have parental permission to do so.  Of
course, all this was in the 60s, so we're talking
way, way back.  LOL

Lynn


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