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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks so much everyone! As silly as it sounds, I feel much better continuing to hold the line and say no after all the feedback. I just wanted to make sure that I was not over-reacting. As far as book length, my DD breezed through all Harry Potter at 8 and recently devoured the His Dark Materials trilogy. Unfortunately, book length does not deter her when she is motivated. I have no doubt that she would and it to the end. Guess I need to gear up for a few years of tears and attempted convincing. Lol[/quote]

OP, I was this kid, and realistically, she is going to read IT whether you want her to or not. If you tell her that it's a very long book that has some adult material that she will find upsetting and to wait until she's 12 or something, that might work. But it also might not. With a kid who is that motivated, it might be a better strategy to have her read it and talk about the material.

- had literally read 3 VC Andrews books by age 11 because my mom told me not to[/quote]

It really depends how you phrase it. I was also this kid, and my parents did not believe in censoring books. TV and movies, they were very strict on, but not books. I think I read IT when I was 10 or 11. A lot of the sex stuff went over my head, though the violence did not. My mother never said a word about what I was reading except one day at the library when I was about 12 and picked up "Go Ask Alice." She saw it and for the first and only time in my life, said that were some themes and material that she thought I should be older in order to fully grasp and she would prefer I didn't read it now. But that if I really wanted to check it out, she wouldn't stop me. I put it back. (Lest you think I was an obedient child, I snuck forbidden TV shows every time she left the house) I picked it up again when I was 16 and understood why she'd wanted me to wait.

It was the fact that she almost never commented negatively on what I was reading except for just this once, and left the choice in my hands, that made me listen to her. I knew she didn't disapprove of books lightly if ever, so the fact that she didn't want me to read this one made me trust that maybe I'd be better off leaving it for now. I guess that might make another kid more determined to read this shocking book, but it depends. [/quote]

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