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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe it depends on your kid. My 4th grade boy read all the Hunger Games and Harry Potter, and didn't express any problem with them. [/quote]

I mean, yeah, duh, thats what this thread is about. Parents should know what may cause a problem for their kids. Hopefully you at least gave your son the option not to read it if it was troubling to him, rather than assuming all books were good for all kids. [/quote]

There's also way more books out there than the Hunger Games and Harry Potter. Those books are pretty easy for parents to figure out because at this point most people know their content, themes, specific stuff that might be scare or problematic for some kids.

I doubt that was the book the mom described in the OP was rejecting for her kid. It was probably something less well known but that she knew wasn't appropriate for that particular kid to read at that particular time. It could really be anything, too. I know parents who used to refuse to let their little kids read Junie B. Jones books because they felt the kids had bad attitudes and didn't like when they'd used incorrect grammar. Which I think are valid reasons not to give your kid a book. OP framed it as what are you "afraid" of your kid reading like the mom was some book banner terrified of her child being exposed to new ideas. More likely the mom just knew the book had lots of graphic violence or portrayed kids being jerks to each other or something, and was like "omg no."

Not all books are good, and not all books are good for every kid.[/quote]

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