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In Florida a significant portion of the mandatory reading books when I was in school were books that were previously banned. Including, 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
by nullc 6y ago
In Florida a significant portion of the mandatory reading books when I was in school were books that were previously banned.
Including, 'To Kill a Mockingbird'-- for that matter.
A number of books listed in the article are in the ALA list, which gives a historical perspective on attacks on these works: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks...
Books from this list that that aren't on the current ALA classics list (though they're also elsewhere on the ALA site but without context, e.g. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10 http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks...):
https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/789/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/789/adventures-...
http://collectingchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-one-really-did-happen.html http://collectingchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-on...
- nullc 6y agoThe mental image of a family getting upset about exposing their children to any of these books-- particularly in an adult supervised context-- while also allowing their children on the internet-- usually with no supervision-- is a little perplexing to me. But some things never change: as the ALA lists show, these books have long histories of getting banned or challenged.
- listless 6y agoIt blows my mind that people readily give 10 year olds iphones. I have 3 teenagers and none of them have smartphones. They have no unfettered access to the internet in my house. I cannot think of a worse idea than a teenager with a camera and a wide-open internet connection. Some day they will have those things. But not today, Satan.
- damnencryption 6y agoThat sounds pretty bad tbh. You can have parental control on iPhones and macbooks. I don't see the issue as long as you limit the screen time and whitelist only useful stuff. Use next DNS on your router. > I cannot think of a worse idea than a teenager with a camera and a wide-open internet connection. Some day they will have those things. But not today, Satan. What's the worst that will happen? Porn? Twitter? 4chan?
- O_H_E 6y agoJust make sure they don't hate you for it. Your relationship and mutual trust is much more important. It would allow them to come to you if/when they need advice or consultation.
- Clampower 6y agoYour kids will slowly start resenting you for not allowing them to participate in modern social mechanisms, and find a way to do it behind your back. All you're doing is encouraging them to hide things from you.
- aidenn0 6y agoYeah, my daughter, in california, first saw porn in 2nd grade on a 5th grader's iPhone. But at least she will learn the N-word from the much better source of 4chan rather than the more toxic to kill a mockingbird