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Originally Posted by Istvan diVega
I couldn't agree more. Also, unless you're living in a closed community and are willing to put in place 1984-like controls on your kids, they're going to gain access to what they want in any case. What you're doing by attempting to control and restrict reading and internet habits is simply to make the proscribed things and activities that much more enticing.
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This. My parents wouldn't let me see "The Godfather" when the movie came out. I was thankful my school library had the book. In which, I might add, the sex scenes were more graphic than the movie. Oh, and this was a Catholic school.
I should also mention that the book route was my route of choice every time I was not allowed to see a movie. And that, thanks to my school library, I also got to read a lot of classics. And yes, some of those had more violence and sex than was probably entirely appropriate at the time, but here I am, non-porn addicted and fairly well read.
My parents had no idea what I was reading for the most part. That's what class was for, LOL! Paperback inside of text book. Sit near or at front of class, make good grades, the teachers won't bug you. I got loads of reading time at school.