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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this really that confusing, OP? Do you not read? There are lots of topics young kids are not mature enough for, regardless of reading level. There are lots of topics that may be perfectly fine for most kids, but for that kid, because of their specific developmental stage or life experiences, would find upsetting or inappropriate.

I never thought I would be the parent who banned Garfield but it turns out John spends a lot of time dieting and my  8 year old for whatever reason latched onto that and suddenly every meal was a conversation about counting calories and what the scale is going to look like tomorrow. So I took away Garfield for a little while. I'm sure lots of parents were judging me in the library when I had to keep telling him no on Garfield but they don't have to eat breakfast with us.[/quote]

ITA agree with you and also this is an hilarious story. I had completely forgotten that Jon was a dieter and used to talk about "the scale" a lot (though to be fair, I think Garfield used to counterbalance this approach by making fun of him and eating lasagna in front of him, so it's a bit vague where the cartoon comes down on weight loss). But this is a perfect example of why a parent is usually better qualified to make choices about what their kid should be reading or exposed to than other people, and don't need to be second guessed constantly. I would also be alarmed if my 8 yr old was getting acclimated to diet culture from old Garfield cartoons and that's a perfectly good reason to move him away from that content.[/quote]

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