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It totally depends on your child's personality - all the books have violent and scary parts to them, and the later books have teen angst and teen attraction in them.

My son read them by himself starting at 6 years old, while also viewing the movies, and I got him to read other things in between (such as The Hobbit) so that he finished the series at 8.

Our principal said at one of the parent meetings that young children reading HP wasn't such a great thing - that many concepts flew over their heads. What she was really worried about was parents pushing their children, probably. Personally, I think she couldn't be more wrong. I was an advanced reader, like my son, and [b]liked nothing more than to re-read my favorite books and discover new layers of meaning to them. Even without re-reading, children remember scenes from stories they have read or have been read, and can process them years later with the hindsight of a more mature brain. [/b]

So go ahead, OP![/quote]

+1. Same here. I really do not get this common idea that unless someone is going to be able to extract every shred of meaning and nuance possible upon first exposure, they are not yet ready for a literary work. Books can, and IMO often should, be reread.[/quote]

Another adherent to this theory. I let my kids read pretty much whatever books they're interested in when they express interest. They ask lots of questions, which is a great way to help them process. And then they inevitably re-read and understand more.

OP, my kids started HP at 6 yo and finished by 8 yo. They are relatively sensitive but didn't have any problems with the darkness of the later books. [/quote]

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