to feel uneasy about my son reading Enid Blyton books

Kimi - you need to be posting on the gifted and talented threads - New Scientist!

On this brainy note, I'm going to take my non PC blonde, deaf as post self to bed!

Nite all!

Mwah!

PS See you all for the midnight feast?? Jolly Good!!

He is very bright [sorry not meaning to boast] he really is, but DH1 and I have always let him be the judge of what he wants to read since he was old enough to decide for him self, obviously we do not let him read things that are very unsuitable but DS1 likes to question, Hawkins and Dawkins leave room for questions and only by asking questions do we learn.

If we do not let him explore all things then how will he learn things, I do not agree with Dawkins and DS1 and DS2 are both baptised in to my faith but I have to let them explore the other points of view even if I do not agree with them.

He reads the Beano but also the new scientist he understands a lot of thinks that some adults struggle with, we have never told him what words he can and can not use, but because he is smart he can see for him self that certain words are not acceptable we have never told him he can not swear, but he never has, saying the people who chose to use a swear word are the ones to thick to think up a real word.
I think what I am trying to sat [and not doing well saying it] is Yes we guild our chldren but we do not tell them who the have to be, I want them to work that out for them selfs, so I do not tell them what to read or not read and what to be offended by and what not to, they have to find that for themselfs.

Simply the best point was made by Bookwormmum - about whether or not steering away from particular writers was possible. That's a seriously good point.

But as parents we tend to help stock their bookcases, don't we? I mean of course we let them loose in bookshops and libraries etc but we will buy them certain books etc for birthdays and christmas. So we do have a steering role.

I made sure my dcs had all the staples (Alice, Winnie, E Nesbit, CS Lewis, etc etc) and let them fill the rest of the shelves. I read EB when I was little but didn't want to be instrumental in my children reading her.

best get last message deleted before dp sees he'll be asking me who wayne is, and dave and chantelle. He'll also think Chelsea is a dodgy name I am using for dodgy doings!

Bugger

ronshar DP is Wayne I am Chelsea, DS is Dave and hamster is Chantelle

tsk Quatrro - we had this chat last nite remember .. you been drinking?

As you know my ds hasnt read a EB yet, but I wont stop him from doing so, nor will I force him too.

So tempted to be norty and say forget fruitshoots, I give him alcopops but someone might actually take that seriously!

What not Chantelle, Chardnay, Wayne or Dave.
Apologise if that offends any one.

Just seen that a cartoon Famous Five is being made, but the children are going to be called Cole, Dylan, Jo and Allie.

Am conducting a survey of parents who forcefeed Enid Blyton to their children.

My question is:-

How many times a day do you give your children fruit shoots? Is it:

(a) Three times a day
(b) Three times a day but double the quantity when the month has an R in it
(c) Hourly, waking them up to do nighttime feeds of the purple flavour

Actually that is my 7yr old dd. She just isnt allowed to wear make-up yet. or have piercings or wear black clothes. She just has a stinky attitude which I wasnt expecting for at least 4-5 years.

Awen - tease away...I'm deaf too so prob won't hear what you say!!!

lol!!!

But surely if the posters from this thread are to be believed you are the posh one because you have a very intelligent child. You obviously dont allow him to read crap.

Nikki, I so want to tease you about the blonde thing but am resisting.

Ronshar, goths are not allowed to smile, I used to be a goth on thursday nite goth nite, then i reverted to being a indie chick for the rest of the week except mondays when i was a biker/rock chick them were the days!

Ronshra, thats not a goth thats a teenager

Owwwww get you , how posh

I was under the impression you could only be a goth if you were really miserable and hated the whole world because it is all too unfair.
Or is that a generalisation?

Yes, but I am allowed to imply that about blondes because I am one and I know I'm not stupid as have a BSc.....

Sod it I am a failure as a parent [sob sob]

A goth with a sense of humour on show.. that is shocking

kimi.. wsell obv you should have been providing him with better reading material

Hang on you cant say that. Next you will be implying blonds are stupid.
I dont join in many threads because they all seem to end up with the same people insulting each other! Or am I reading too much into it?

LOL I used to work wth a girl who was a bit of a goth and had a t-shirt that said Natural blond please speak slowly

No awen, he did not use the word arrogant in the correct context