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I remember in 5th grade everyone in our class passing around a copy of Forever by Judy Blume, which was too mature for 10- to 11-year-olds, and I think we all survived. My 11-year-old has access to my ebook collection. I don't think there's anything in there that would destroy her life or anything. I'm not into 50 Shades type books.
Kids have ways of passing around books. By 13 we were reading all sorts of stuff our parents would hate for us to read.
And some 13-year-olds have very high reading levels. I know when my 11-year-old is 13, I won't want her to not be able to read a good book because there is some sexual content. I think access to good books is more important that protecting her from reading about sex. By 13, they have all the hormones and all the interest. I don't see what the point would be. You can't protect them from feelings going on in their own bodies, and they don't need outside content to have those feeligns.
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