Ever Read a Forbidden Book as a Child?
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Re: Ever Read a Forbidden Book as a Child?
Lets just say I was a bit traumatized when I read it that time, I don't think I even finished it. when I was a few years older I did attempt it again and could understand it in a much better light.
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Wow. What was he thinking?? My parents were just the opposite. When I was 17, an uncle and aunt gave me a book for teen girls all about knowing the female body, and what to expect at various ages, and how to diagnose "female" issues to know when something is serious enough to see a doctor. I was thrilled because my parents were so controlling that I had no idea what was happening when I had my first "monthly" -- and now I finally had a way to learn about such things. Only, I set it down and turned my back on it for a few minutes, and that was the last I saw of it. My parents had taken it and disposed of it.stoppoppingtheP wrote:In fact, my father gave me the book "The Color Purple' to read when I was perhaps 13 and still very immature and living a very sheltered life.
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My parents were also very sheltering, and didn't (still don't) like to talk about awkward things, but they will rather give me a book to read about it, than talk face to face.anomalocaris wrote:Wow. What was he thinking?? My parents were just the opposite. When I was 17, an uncle and aunt gave me a book for teen girls all about knowing the female body, and what to expect at various ages, and how to diagnose "female" issues to know when something is serious enough to see a doctor. I was thrilled because my parents were so controlling that I had no idea what was happening when I had my first "monthly" -- and now I finally had a way to learn about such things. Only, I set it down and turned my back on it for a few minutes, and that was the last I saw of it. My parents had taken it and disposed of it.stoppoppingtheP wrote:In fact, my father gave me the book "The Color Purple' to read when I was perhaps 13 and still very immature and living a very sheltered life.
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i have seen a man wanting to weep
but
instead
beat his heart until it was unconscious.
-masculine”
― Nayyirah Waheed
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-- 09 Jul 2014, 13:01 --
^^Also same thing with the Davinci Code.
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But now that I have a daughter am really worried as to how to decide if a book is appropriate or not I mean she is 8 and half months old so I guess I still have some time
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My eighth grade year, we were actually in the middle of reading Lord of the Flies when one of my classmates' mothers complained to the school board about the book being inappropriate, and the school board banned the book while we were halfway through. I bought my own copy of it and continued to read it to the end anyway, right out in front of everyone at school. My teacher cheered me on. I never got in trouble.