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Originally Posted by JSWolf
When I was younger and reading, if I knew the dictionary was censored, I'd have been not happy at all. If a child can read, that child should have access to a full dictionary.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
My parents never censored anything I read. We had World Book Encyclopedia, I had a full Merriam Webster dictionary. I read some books above my reading age.
The thing is, why censor your brother? You tell them something is prohibited and they'll want it even more. It's a matter of trust. Do you trust your kids? My parents trusted me. The liquor cabinet was in the basement and it was not locked. I didn't go and take anything, but it was nice to know I was trusted. Once your brother finds you've been censoring him, you could lose his trust. That may not be so easy to get back.
So don't do it. Forget this really bad idea of trying to find a child friendly dictionary. It could come to bite you in the ass.
You don't make an issue of "adult" words and I don't think your brother will go looking.
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Originally Posted by haolihai
I don't know if it's getting lost in this discussion on censorship, but again, I made no effort to censor any of the content in the dictionary I posted.
I did consider it though because in my case the audience is a child that started reading at 4 and just turned 5. I think there are topics that can probably wait until she's 7 or 8, but all of the definitions I read in Simple English Wiktionary for words that could potentially be a problem were to the point and not very graphic, so I left it as-is.
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JSWolf clearly only read the thread title before commenting. JSWolf's failing, not reader1xz's.