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I like to know what my kids are reading...I like to know what they are watching...I like to know what my kids are listening to. I've bought books that have had some horrible scenes of violence, rape and child abuse that I wouldn't have thought were in those books. I would not want my kids to turn a page and read something like that if I can avoid it by simply asking them what book they want to read and look it up to see what kind of book it is.
It's not so much about trust, as it is about protecting them from what I feel is disgusting violence that no child should be reading about.
My parents never knew what I was reading, but I look at that as they just couldn't care less. I care about my kids, and I have a right to at least attempt to protect them from of the content in the books, tv and music out there until they are old enough to avoid it (or not) themselves.
I think 14-15 is a good age to let them decide on their own, depending on their level of maturity. I don't want my 13 year old picking up The Devils Punchbowl by Greg Iles (really disturbing scenes of rape and other violence against women).
If my girls bought a book about making a sex tape for profit, I think I would be calling a psychologist to help deal with that one. There's something going on there that's beyond the content in a book. That mother needs to be spending a little more time with her daughter. She obviously doesn't know much about what's going on in her kids head.
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