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> It's a kids device they (and you) don't want your kid to be sent 50 shades of gray accidentally. It's just a book. I'd hope most parents would rejoice if the
by e12e 3y ago
> It's a kids device they (and you) don't want your kid to be sent 50 shades of gray accidentally.
It's just a book. I'd hope most parents would rejoice if their kid read well enough to get through that, or Mein Kamp.
- zanellato19 3y agoI certainly hope not.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoFound the non-parent giving parenting advice.
- grogenaut 3y agoLook I had to pick a title that would resonate with people on what they might not want their kids to read. I'm sorry I offended you that people might want to censor the materials a child might read but it's a very common use case, so much in fact that there have been class action lawsuits against companies like amazon/apple/google/sony/microsoft for not allowing parental controls (and not locking the kids out of buying smurfberries). And yes, as a parent it's part of my job, and my right, to pick and choose what I think my kid is ready for.
- e12e 3y ago> I'm sorry I offended you that people might want to censor the materials a child might read No offense taken - I'm not sure why you think that. I suppose people do want to limit what books children read - I still think that's generally misguided - but your points on people actually wanting parental controls are well made. I still think parents would be better off celebrating reading comprehension than censoring books (Now discussing books with your child is a different matter). At any rate I guess the prevalence of trash/spam on Amazon is higher than your average library - so there's that...