On Dec 3, 2007 9:11 AM, Sean Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 28, 2007 6:29 AM, Jerry Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At this stage in my children's life, I wouldn't let them > > read Stephen King (the two who can read are 8 & 6). > > I don't think I'd want anyone under about 16 reading Stephen King...
I think it depends on the title, from the various works of his I've read. Most I would have done just fine with by like 10, for sure- but I was a voracious reader, and we owned and operated a book-store. And I had a library card. And even better, knew about the college libraries- engineering, etc.. Crazy knowledge, just sorta sitting there. And my peers were all raving about the anarchist's cookbook. Ha! ;) > they are mentally able to process, filter, and comprehend. As it stands, > my > > wife or I buy all of the books for the kids, usually from a scholastic > flier > > sent home from school. > > Yikes! Don't you have a county library with a children's department > where they can safely browse whatever they want? That seems awfully > restrictive (both for you and the children). I don't think you can rely on censorship as a means of guiding the child. There are just too many, waaay to many (at least, if you're out there, ya know- I'm sure a kid in a closet, with no contacts to "outside" be diff) avenues for information. Hell, you can't really trust no one, anyhow, so- yikes!, right? How to trust without trusting, or- trust the right bits, which is really what it's about. You can trust people to be people, god to be god, etc.. Steve with your mower and Stan with your life(but not the mower!), etc.. I'll try to keep it simple, since I can get all mixy. *cough* Ann E. Who: What this little discussion has stirred, is this: The Bible is pretty heavy stuff, right? How do the Christians (and, actually, others) handle it? Only let the kids read the "nerf" versions that the Churches are more than happy to provide, until The Right Age (when they stop going to sunday school and start listening to sermons ;)? I never had an interest in reading the (ha) damn thing until a few years back. Prior, it was sorta like a western I Ching (which, to be honest, is my favorite way to use it). It's not really a story, in that sense tho- tons of little ones, that repeat, and repeat- yes, I get it, they walked with god and then they didn't, again and again, and again, and his son's sons, again. Much more fun to just whip out a piece of it, vs. see how it all fits together. In certain senses. As much as I was questioning it, I think Jerry is pretty right in that it's the parents, who have the biggest, bestest impact on da chill'n. When your child asks why the Sky is Blue, what do you say? Mmmm this sorta ties in with the god in the gaps bits. Is there a certain time when kids are "old enough"- no, I know, 18 doesn't /really/ say squat, nor does 21. Age is such a... statistic. Awww what the hell (does a devil-worshiper say what the heaven?) I'm gonna stop now, since I'm sweeving all over the road. Spelt rite too. Happy Monday, Folks! -- Q: How many IBM 370's does it take to execute a job? A: Four, three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off. ps- remember, I'm [mostly] only an old-testament man, so far. Great book for meaning, horrible for Law. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247484 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
