Censorship rears its ugly head. Sort-of. *SIGH*

[The Vargas Chics]

As I read all these post and share a little bit of respect for all that has put a word in, I would like to say that it is the parents choice on which books their children are allowed to read. Not the voice of others. I also have a 5th grader that is gifted in reading and has read many books at 12th grade level. His school though is behind his reading ability and so am I. Reading takes us to places that we couldn't imagine without our creative authors. Thank goodness we live in a country that allows us to be able to make our own choices. If the librarian is restricting your son, then you should go and talk to the librarian or principal to clear the matter up. Our teachers are always willing to listen to us and want input so they can better help our children. Sometimes you will have difficult ones, but majority are very willing to support your child. Good luck! Have a great day and remember our children always come first!

 

[MagsC]

At our school "Harry Potter" is banned, but not "Stephen King". Weird. I dont believe in a school banning reading material, I think it should be up to the parents.

 

[tazcat70]

I just want to know what you parents have done to get your child interested in reading. I read. Usually I read a lot. But my son just doesn't get it. He really doesn't like to read. I don't worry about it too much because I did not like to read either until I was in my late teens early twenties.

So my question is this...did you feed them lots of carrots or something?

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[WriterofWords]

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I agree, Fahrenheit 451: burning books,
George Orwell 1984: Big Brother is watching
2000: Burning Harry Potter by over=zealous morons.

We can decide for ourselves, but we need to use common-sense, which seems to have passed away recently.

 

[Henrietta23]

Can't wait to hear what your son has to say when he gets home.
Our only library issue so far is that the librarian in my son's new school seems to think that all first grade boys should be checking out books about either trucks or dinosaurs, neither of which interest him. When pushed to find a book to check out their first day in the school library he turned up his nose at those types so apparently he was asked what types of books he did like. His reply, "Archeology!" He was told they didn't have any 1st grade books on archeology. He asked for anything on Egypt or Japan, again nothing at his reading level. Now he is not reading above grade level, is truly a first grade beginning reader, but his interests are not typical. He ended up bringing home a book with the Cat in the Hat and a pup that travelled the world meeting wild animals. That he enjoyed and could read a bit of independently. Last week he came home pouting with a book about a baby superhero. We read it once and it got shoved back in his backpack.

 

[bluey]

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Every kid seems to be different. I have 4 daughters. Three have been raised together from the getgo. I read to them all every night until they were old enough to read to me. Two are voracious readers and one, you couldn't pay to read a book although all three have reading levels through the roof...

You really can't force the issue...they either love it or they don't or they fall somewhere in between....

I find that periodic trips to the library and bookstores work the best, but are no guarantee...

Just my experience with it...

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

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To be honest, some kids come by it naturally. If a child has struggled to learn to read, then they may not enjoy it.

I taught mine the basic phonics before grade school. I also read to them as tots. I then had them read to me. I gave them the love for reading through my love of reading.

I also do not give them daily television priveleges. They get Saturday morning cartoons or one movie a week, but ONLY if their rooms are clean. My kids are forced to use their imagination. There are no Playstations, xboxes, or any other type of video games in my home OTHER than MY sims 2 games for my computer.

They have turned to reading as a source of recreation because I limited their access to other forms of recreation but gave them liberal access to books. Mom won.

 

[Reinbeau]

My youngest (he's now 24) was ruined for reading by the public school system. He had learning issues, they put him into the third grade unable to read a word of English (and I'd been badgering them about his problems for the previous two years, begging them to look into what his problems were, as they should have

). This is a kid with an IQ of 150. Long story somewhat shortened: he knew he was behind everyone in his class. He knew he should be able to read. But he couldn't. And still the stupid teacher asked him when his turn came to read out loud. He couldn't. It humiliated him. The rest is history (yes, of course, he eventually learned how to read with lots of help from private tutoring and threats of lawyers) but to this day he loathes reading.

It brought tears to my eyes when he finally was able to read, I'd been reading to him, and telling him how much I enjoyed reading. He said "Mumma, I don't go anywhere when I read". Poor kid never learned the joys of enveloping yourself in a book and transforming your thoughts, if only for a moment, into part of the story. To this day it breaks my heart what they did to him.

Tell that librarian your son will read whatever he wants. If it isn't in the school library (because lord knows it gets tiring beating your head against those brick walls) then it will happen somewhere else. How wonderful for him - and for you - that he loves to read. I can't wait to hear his report when he gets home today!

 

[DuckLady]

And with Reinbeau's wise words, I am closing this thread.

Thanks for your participation.