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Hot take: I used to hide banned books from my kid, now we read them together and talk
When my daughter was in 7th grade here in Ohio, I got a letter from her school about "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" being pulled from the library. Back then I shrugged it off and even told her she didn't need to read stuff like that anyway. But after she brought home a copy from a friend last fall, we started reading it out loud together, one chapter a night, and it turned into some of the best talks we've ever had. Now I actually go looking for challenged titles at our local shop and we compare notes on why each one got flagged. Turns out most of the stuff parents freak out about is just real life in book form, and my kid handles it way better than I expected. Has anyone else flipped their view after actually reading one of these with their own kid? I want to know which title changed your mind.
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amy_craig2821d ago
My sister pulled the same move with "Speak" back when her son was in 8th grade, marched down to the school and everything, then ended up reading it herself that summer and calling me at 11pm to say she was wrong. Funny how actually opening the book works better than reading the angry email forward about it. The part that gets me is how many of these titles are sitting right there on the shelf and nobody blinks until a list says to.
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