Years ago they banned the book Puberty Blues for the very same reason, even though Puberty Blues is about as close to real teenage life as you can get - it's a book that resonates through the generations. Same thing with harry potter - fair enough a lot of the 'argument' with those books were the witchcraft v religion issues but personally I think it's because a lot of the issues and themes that are in these books are just too complicated for young kids kwim? Personally I think books are fine so long as you know your kids are fine with reading them and understand the difference between fiction and reality.
Trillian - Yep totally know what you mean. The way the people in this other forum were talking it was like girls (mainly) would take away with them that it's OK for a man to bash them up because they are the sexy girls that turned them on...KWIM? HA Puberty Blues was on here the other day...DH had never seen it before but he was transfixed! It's real life....exactly...Twilight is nothing but a fantasy and I like to keep it that way!!
Well actually my dfaughter commented on the violence to women in this book! I haven't read all of it - but I could see what she meant. I am not sure where DD14 has got her feminist leanings...
I was happy she could identify what was happening - that it wasn't taken on subliminally as being okay...
I know! it's absolutely riveting watching it it. When I first saw it I was 10 and so many of the concepts just went right over my head, but when i saw it again in my late teens it just *clicked* and it made complete sense. I have it on DVD and will make my own kids watch it when they are older.
Anyway I digress LOL. I think the Wowsers who carry on about this a bit too much just don't give the people reading these books the benefit of the doubt that they can differenciate between what goes on in the books and what goes on in real life - I mean for a start it's about vampires!
ETA - missed your post Deb I think girls who read it wouldn't be able to miss the violence but they aren't going to let it be acceptable behaviour IRL.
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