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Originally Posted by OtterBooks
Start a child with Harry Potter, and they may venture into better work. I think it's just as likely their progression would be something like Harry Potter-->Twilight-->Confessions of a Shopaholic. If you wean them on mass market product literature, with no guidance, there's no reason to expect them to stray from it.
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This is assuming that you are not going to steer your child's development at all. I would compare this to the parent who gives their child no direction in school as well... all of which is bad. But it's important to get them reading, period. And considering that I know people who can't have a conversation unless they are talking about a video/computer game, I'm just glad they're reading.