Aug 13th 2008 02:31 pm Banned Books Week
I am starting to plan my event for the last week in September for Banned Books week. A read-a-thon is in the works and possibly coordinating something with the schools. Not quite sure yet what exactly, though. I do know, however, that I do not need any other person telling me what I should read or what my children should be reading. Since this still is the United States of America, I have the right to read whatever book I want and to let my kids read whatever book I feel is OK for them to read. As a nation, we are becoming more and more accustomed to letting the government and others in authority tell us what to eat, how to act, what to study, what to wear..you get the point. Even though some of the books I wouldn’t let my kids read because of the mature content, even for a young adult book, I would never in a million years tell someone else not to read it. When it comes to kids, parents have the last say, not a group of “concerned citizens”. When it comes to adults, only an individual has the right to say what they want to read.
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