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Originally Posted by Rbneader
There are kids like that. There are also kids who read indiscriminately and pick up wildly inappropriate material. Or who view reading as a challenge to be conquered and deliberately aim for adult books. It really depends on the kid.
I've known kids who picked up Dan Simmons, Marion Zimmer Bradley, the Pern books, etc, in elementary school, and to this day refuse to consider reading anything else by those authors because the experience was so bad. They simply weren't ready for it.
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It's as I've been saying, it's more the themes of books that kinds are not yet ready for than some specific words. Parents need to take an active role in what their kids read. They need to help them make choices that are appropriate for them until the kids are able to make these choices on their own. It's not a matter of parents saying to kids "no you cannot", but helping them pick out books that are appropriate and that they might like. When the kids are mature enough, then let them read what they choose. But until that happens, help and guide them.