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WeedleTLiar on scored.co
14 days ago9 points(+0/-0/+9Score on mirror)3 children
Anything designed specifically for children is suspect. As parents, we should be trying to create the next generation of adults, not creating children. It's one of the reasons for all the pathetic adults today; they were never taught to be adults, they were taught to be children.
I don't read anything to my kids that I don't enjoy reading for myself.
This is a good point. Many modern childrens books are just fluffy trash. Things like Winnie the Pooh, while obviously childish, are full of puns and clever jokes that adults can enjoy. The last story where Christopher Robin sort of grows up made me choke up a little.
This is why Children's Literature used to be quite violent and gritty (think Grimms tales), unfortunately the Disneyification of Literature and Film created Adult Children.
I don't read anything to my kids that I don't enjoy reading for myself.