DD has read quite a few JW books and has enjoyed the Tracey Beaker TV show - which we have all watched. DD is adopted so some aspects (particularly of Tracey B) have opened some interesting and useful discussion in the past, most of which we have approached and coped with positively.
However, this week I have imposed a blanket ban on her reading JW books as the last three she has written have resulted in her being completely awful for us at home. Took me a while to make the link, but it is definitely those books that are the common variable. She starts one, get stuck into in completely (i.e it becomes 'unputdownable' for her) and then gets increasingly angry, irritable, easily upset or stroppy and can't explain her feelings at all.
I just think that they deal with really quite complex, emotional issues and they really press her buttons really really deeply. I am starting to hate the fallout at home, hence the blanket ban. The last two have been especially bad - Hetty Feather and Clean Break. Has anyone else found their children have reacted this way to Jacqueline Wilson books, or that you have not been comfortable with the subject matter and have veto'd them...??! MPD