OT Story - DD on her vacation.

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Karen_AZ" :

]The thing that makes me wince, with her love of vampire stuff, is the day ]she discovers Laurell Hamilton. I won't let her read THEM til she's well ]over 18. But I love 'em bunches!

just a note of caution. Jamie was really really into the "Goosebumps" books. i didn't like it, but i kept buying them from Scholastic anyway. When she wanted the "Fear Street" books, i said "no way. read them if you must - but i'm not spending MY money on them." she got totally ticked off at me and has not read for pleasure since. in hindsight, yes, i made a mistake.

and the weird thing was, i let my older daughter read Gone With the Wind in the sixth grade. i guess sex didn't bother me as much as horror does. when the librarian called me and questioned it's suitability at that age, i told her, "if she wants to check it out - let her. if it's over her head, she'll skip those parts. if it isn't over her head, she'll ask questions or make her own decisions."

in retrospect, i should have done the same thing with Jamie. it's a decision i really, really regret.

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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:56:58 -0400, Carla wrote (in message ):

Thank you. I love them too, because they're little windows in the craziness that is my life.

Kathy N-V

No, SHE made a mistake -- allowing her anger with you about one thing to dictate her long-term behavior over unrelated issues. It's her decision, but it's not in any way, shape or form YOUR fault, any more than it was my mother's fault that I wouldn't wear blue glasses frames for 20 years after she bought me a pair I didn't like. Eventually I got over it. She may too.

Celine

I can't count how many times I've read the Narnia Chronicles. Kevin and I are about to read it together for the first time (he's read it many times too). ~~ Sooz

------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links

Oh, definitely!!!

I haven't read all this thread so I don't know if someone mentionned it before but my favorite ever kid book is The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg...not really a story book but a book that makes the kids and even grown up's imagination run full gear!

Denise

"Kandice Seeber" a écrit dans le message de news: snipped-for-privacy@news.bnb-lp.com...

If you liked the Narnia Cronicles, Check out Lloyd Alexander's Prydian Series. They are a wonderful blend of ledgends and mythologies. There are 5 books in the Series:

The Book of Three The Black Cauldron The Castle of Llyr Taran Wanderer The High King (Newbery Award Winner)

WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL books.

(yes, Disney made a movie called The Black Cauldron. About the only resemblance it has with the book is the title. It made me furious. They took a wonderful series and forever skewed it into horrid obscurity.)

My husband had never heard of them. I've had the complete series in Hardcover since I was in 3rd Grade. He read them after we got married, and was totally enthralled by the series.

Katie, book-a-holic & mother to a 6yr old book-a-holic

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindCHEMISEspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :

]Eventually I got over it. She may too.

well, i keep hoping!

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindCHEMISEspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :

]No way in hell do I consider the "Arrows" series suitable for younger than a ]mid-teenager. It's not the sex that bothers me, it's the graphic descriptions ]of torture particularly in "Arrow's Fall".

well, i've thought about it. i'm not sure i agree, but what else is new?

and, of course, every child is different.

there was actually a discussion in one of her other books between Kethry and Tarma about children needing to know there are dangers out there . . .

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

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Knowing that it exists is one thing. Reading about it in glorious and loving detail is quite another. Blair is just now getting to the age where I wouldn't be concerned about her reading this.

Celine

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindCHEMISEspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :

]Knowing that it exists is one thing. Reading about it in glorious and loving ]detail is quite another. Blair is just now getting to the age where I wouldn't ]be concerned about her reading this.

no problem - you know the children around you much better than i do, obviously.

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

newest creations: ----------- I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all.