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For the record: I have no problem with people wanting to be cautious of what their children read (though I'm thankful my own parents placed no such restrictions on me). Nor do I blame anyone for preferring "classic" literature to modern genre fiction--I myself, prefer a steady mix of both. I'm just scoffing at the idea that limiting children to classic, traditional literature/poetry will somehow keep them safe from the mystical, dark, fantastical, graphic, brain-controlling, addictive themes that they seem to think only exist in popular, modern fantasy.
I'm also of the opinion that in this case: "damaging the sensitive, subconscious brains of young children" is nothing but code-speak for, "producing children who think differently than (and independently from) their elders."
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