Censoring your kids' reading (was Self-Evaluation)

[jenny_ravenclaw]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Amy Z" <lupinesque at y...> 
wrote:

>I was given Truly Tasteless Jokes for my birthday--remember Truly 
Tasteless Jokes?--and my dad, being the kind of person who took an 
interest in what his kids were reading/doing/listening to, thumbed 
through it.  He was appalled, and he ordered me to throw it out.>

I remember Truly Tasteless Jokes!  They certainly were truly 
tasteless.  

My parents had no rules at all about what we could read, though I 
wouldn't be surprised if my mom had had a similar reaction to the book 
that your dad did.  I do remember not wanting to loan a Judy Blume 
book to my younger sister because there were sex scenes in it that 
embarrassed me (you know how when you were a young teen and everything 
was embarrassing, especially if your parents or siblings even saw the 
word 'sex' on a page you were looking at?).  My mom told me that in 
our house, anyone could read anything she/he wanted.  She was annoyed 
that I didn't want Amanda to read my Judy Blume book.

My kids will be allowed to read whatever they want, too... if/when I 
have them.

--jenny from ravenclaw ******************************