[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: The morality question

[jrober4 at bellsouth.net]

Barb said:
I think you've hit on one of the most important aspects of the 
criticism of Harry's lying, and it prompts me to ask an admittedly 
hypothetical question, as the critics, by and large, are probably 
not reading this: What ARE you approving for your children's 
reading?  



Me:
Well, as I am 49, single with no children, I have never been in the position to make this choice, and I never will be now because of my age.  I will grant you that there aren't any books that can be considered "pure", and the books I read when I was a kid certainly weren't (my favorites were by Walter Farley and an author named Brooks who did a series of books that involved a pig named Freddie [couldn't find this listed at Amazon.com. unfortunately].  So, I guess what it comes down to is parents doing the best they can, according to what they believe, monitor what their children read without "suffocating" them . . . and then finding a way to trust their children to be properly discerning in what they read when the time comes.  

Judy




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