Instead of banning books, it would be better if parents would read novels that appeal to their kids and talk about them together.
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A Proposal for Book Banning Parents
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged banned books, Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, Stephen Chbosky Leave a comment
Why Aren’t More Kids Reading?
An Atlanta article attacks utilitarian arguments for reading. I push back.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Adam Kirsch, Ars Poetica, Cervantes, Don Quixote, Goethe, Gustave Flaubert, Horace, Huckleberry Finn, John Stuart Mill, Judy Blume, Madame Bovary, Mark Twain, Martha Nussbaum, Paul and Virginia, Samuel Johnson, Sorrows of Young Werther, Tom Jones Comments closed
Parents, Kids, Schools & Banned Books
Parents pressure schools to ban books because they want to protect their children. Their children want the books because they have a different set of needs.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged adolescence, Are You There God It's Me Margaret, Book banning, Catcher in the Rye, censorship, Education, Harry Potter, J. D. Salinger, J. K. Rowling, Judy Blume, Stephen Chbotsky Comments closed