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[quote=Anonymous]OP, he will tire of it after a while, but do try to retire it as soon as possible. We absorb a lot of things unconsciously between the ages of 0-5 -- not all of them healthy. He's probably too young to get anything more than the broad strokes now, but I would not keep in his library. I had a similar reaction to The Rainbow Fish. At first glance, it seemed like it was a book about sharing. While reading it, I realized that it had a number of unfortunate messages: 1) it's not possible to be different/special and still humble and nice, and 2) the best way to make friends is buy them with presents and be just like them. I think we need to be very careful about how we talk about difference with children. Sharing, of course, is great. However, there are many other books on sharing that are much better than The Rainbow Fish. [/quote]
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