[bookshare-discuss] Re: Banned Books Week
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:12:11 -0500
Monica,
I am not disagreeing with you, as your way would be ideal. I just want to
pose a questioon that you may or may not have considered. Supposing a
friend invites your daughter to her house, and you give her permission to
go. While she is there, this friend pulls out a book and tells your
daughter it is really good. Would your daughter come and tell you if she
found something in the book of which she knows you do not approve? We have
the peer pressure factor here. I am not saying your daughter would sneak
and read the book because I do not know her, and even then, I wouldn't give
an opinion. I am merely posing a possibility which you may or may not have
considered.
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Willyard
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 6:25 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Banned Books Week
Cindy, you are right that kids will sneak books, movies, and music too. I
know my child doesn't live in a bubble. As for the judgment of the school
librarian, I seriously doubt that she reads the books she orders for each
grade. My hunch is that she goes by the recommended age level from her book
vendor when placing orders. For that reason, I don't have much confidence in
her judgment. There seems to be little interaction or dialog allowed between
the school library staff and parents in my county, and that makes me less
willing to relax and trust the school system. On the other hand, our public
library actively encourages parents and children to use the library
together, and I feel much better about trusting the recommendations of the
librarians there. Then again, they have taken time to listen and understand
my concerns about what my daughter reads.
To be clear, I don't want books to be banned or burned from public
libraries. What I do want is a way for a parent to prevent a child from
checking out a book that the parent believes is inappropriate for that
child. I don't want to take books from someone else's child. That's not my
right or responsibility. I want the tools to be able to do my part in
raising my child well and in the way I believe is best.
Monica Willyard
Grandma Cindy wrote:
You make some good points, but don't you think it's up
to the librarian to decide if the books are
age-appropriate for that school library? If children
take books home from the library parents can look at
the book and if they don't want the child to read it
they can explain why, rather than having it banned
from the library so that no one can read it.
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