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Originally Posted by GlennD
Speaking as a parent of a teenager and several future teens, if my kids are going to read about sex then I'd at least like the relationships being modelled to be ones that help them build positive expectations for their own future relationships. The ones portrayed in the Sookie Stackhouse series (since that's been brought up already) are not always healthy (or completely voluntary), and the primary relationship between Sookie and Bill depicts them sucking each other's blood during sex (humans get a 'buzz' and heightened senses from swallowing vampire blood in the series). I realize my kids are going to pull away the 'cotton wool' however much I try to prevent it, but if I can steer them away from Sookie I will.  |
I can respect that, I was just trying to speak in general rather than going for specific books (having never read Sookie Stackhouse I can't really comment on them). I think that if kids are brought up correctly then to be perfectly honest being exposed to this sort of writing can only be a good thing if they find the story interesting. If they don't then they simply won't read it and if they do it doesn't mean they're gonna go and act out what they're reading about. That is obviously my personal opinion.