My mother took us, as children, to the library weekly. We could pick from the treasure trove of books, come home, and escape into adventures. She knew what we were reading. She knew if I'd picked a book above my general age group.
At the grocery store, she never said no to a Mad Magazine purchase. She knew it had snarky humor, but we were reading, questioning, and thinking.
I thank my late mother for her encouragement. She and my father both let us read the paper, had a variety of magazines in the house, and we could talk about or question something at any time.
Strange times here in 2022. We need to expand our reading and questioning focus, not narrow in on a singular "feed". That's my fear - people aren't thinking. Parents have no clue what their kids are really watching and how they are feeding their minds on the phone.
Read, talk, think on this whatever Wednesday.
Very true. I dove into adult fantasy and science fiction when I was young, but back then it didn't have the violence and sex it does now. Parents do need to be aware of what their kids are reading and talk to them about it.
ReplyDeleteI think most of us as bloggers grew up with the power of words and are aware of how to monitor while allowing freedom to read
DeleteI couldn't agree more. My reading was never censored and I loved those trips to the library. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
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ReplyDeleteI too never heard a 'no' to any book growing up. Lots of magazines, lots of debates, a much broader and civil and more openminded discourse generally.
absolutely and I think we sorta censored ourselves - like...do I really want to read this?
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