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airehead
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 Posted: 11/02/04 - 01:28 Post subject: Adult reading materials...
Ok, not quite what you think. I was reading a book on serial killers and Mr Aire wanted to buy it for me. I told him I'd feel really uncomfortable having something like that at home should our 13 yo accidentally come across it and read it. (It was fairly graphic about specific crimes and the whys and hows also).
Do you have reading materials hidden from your kids? How do you do it? Don't you worry they'll snoop?
Maybe my fear comes from my parents searching my room all the time as a kid/teen.
What is your op?
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Cappy
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 02:54 Post subject:
I have no reading materials hidden from my kids. Most of my books are political or military/military history in nature. All are in our living room. Some of them have some graphic pictures in them, but I do not worry about them seeing them.
Same goes for my DVD's.
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brie k
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 07:39 Post subject:
We have things that we wouldn't want the kids to get a hold of, so they're put up. In NC they were in our closet, or under our mattress.
I really think it's all about your comfort level with whatever materials you have and what you think your kids would or wouldn't do. While I feel it is my job to keep the children safe, and this includes what they watch and read, I also feel that I'm an adult and as such I can have whatever materials I want. I just need to use discretion in where I keep my things, and also talk to my kids about what areas of the home or what items (like my Stephen King books, for instance) are off limits. And hiding things too as necessary, although anything short of having a lock on it will never be truly safe from the kidlets.
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copteacher
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 08:26 Post subject:
we have none right now. Not likely to have any.
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akern
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 09:11 Post subject:
Your talking to the girl who was reading Stephen King novels in the 3rd grade.  My mom and dad always read those true crime novels too. I read anything they discarded. Sometimes I wonder why they let me read all that stuff, but it didn't really hurt me any...... really.
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 09:20 Post subject:
Reading?!? Heck, I'm looking at the pictures!
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elkid
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 09:23 Post subject:
No reason for me to hide, with no kidlets. But there would be much to hide if I did. Though aire, at 13 I bet he knows a lot more about that stuff than you think he does.
I display my serial killer section with pride. It's featured prominently between my Clive Barker collection and my WWII Nazi stuff.
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 09:35 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | Your talking to the girl who was reading Stephen King novels in the 3rd grade. My mom and dad always read those true crime novels too. I read anything they discarded. Sometimes I wonder why they let me read all that stuff, but it didn't really hurt me any...... really. |
 I brought Helter Skelter to third grade to use as a book report. My teacher said to go home and select something more appropriate.
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brie k
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 09:52 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | Your talking to the girl who was reading Stephen King novels in the 3rd grade. My mom and dad always read those true crime novels too. I read anything they discarded. Sometimes I wonder why they let me read all that stuff, but it didn't really hurt me any...... really. |
I think reading material is up to the discretion of the parent. I personally don't think SK (aside from Eyes of the Dragon, anyway) is appropriate for my 12yo. But that's my choice. Also, given that some of his works contain graphic descriptions, Libby really shouldn't be reading his works. She almost fainted at school again when they were watching a childbirth video, and I guess there was a dissected animal in her science book that made her light-headed as well. So regardless what my preference is, I'm not sure she could handle novels with graphic things in them.
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elkid
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 09:53 Post subject:
Not for nothing, but there's plenty of violence, rape, genocide, blood, and gore in the Bible. Is that hidden?
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brie k
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 09:57 Post subject:
| elkid wrote: | | Not for nothing, but there's plenty of violence, rape, genocide, blood, and gore in the Bible. Is that hidden? |
No. But then my kids have a different, more kid-friendly (or understandable I suppose is the word) that they read and it's less graphic.
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HighHeat
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 09:59 Post subject:
I did a book report on Cujo in the 7th grade, complete with a shoe box diorama of Cujo eating someone.
I tried to read 'It' as an 8th grader, but the book was just too damn long. I only got about 2 or 3 hundred pages into it.
At 13 I was a Freshman in HS. I can't really imagine that reading about serial killers would have been shocking. In fact, Ted Bundy was executed in January of my Freshman year, just after I turned 14. I vividly remember the crowds gathered around the prison on an early morning yelling and holding signs, and the (white?) hearse driving him out of the gates.
At 29, (almost 30 ) I'm an arguably well adjusted person. Complete with a Wife, and two wonderful children.  I've never committed a crime (besides a little underage drinking, and exceeding the speed limit once in a while  ) nor have I had the desire to.
Don't assume that If they read it, they'll end up sociopathic. But likewise, don't assume that if they are kept from it, they'll end up well-adjusted.
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MissLes
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 10:00 Post subject:
I had some adult reading materials hidden in the trunk of my car, and I was rather embarrassed when my brother stumbled across them over the weekend while putting a stroller in my trunk. 
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MissLes
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 10:02 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: | | At 29, (almost 30 ) I'm an arguably well adjusted person. |
Hello, Mr. Eyeball! You are not well adjusted! 
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HighHeat
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 10:05 Post subject:
| MissLes wrote: |
Hello, Mr. Eyeball! You are not well adjusted! |
I said arguably
So, what 'adult reading materials' did your brother find? We need specifics.
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