Growing up my grandmother was a librarian, so we spent our childhood immersed in the fantasies of children’s stories. Looking back we not only enjoyed these books, but we learned a ton from them. Truly these stories have the ability to mold and shape children’s moral code. The first day of class Dr. Robinson shared a little about her life; we know now that she has two sons and she makes sure to censure through books before either of them want to read it.
I think as media and television begin to allow more and more immoral things to be aired on children’s networks, it is important that storybooks and novels stay true to the maturity level of their audience. In pop culture even, children’s minds are flooded with terrible images and ideas.
While I know that children’s books with underlying adult messages will always exist, I do feel that it is the parents responsibility to be a filter between the bookshelf and their children’s hands. Forever this genre of book has been innocent and moral, teaching kids lessons in life, and I believe that even though the times are changing the content of these books should not.
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