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To think this book inappropriate for dd, 6

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Molehillmountain · 15/12/2011 17:14

Holiday reading sent home-one of dds is about a couple about to separate through daughters eyes. The mum is tired and tearful a lot and the dad no fun because he's always looking tired-our family at the moment but we're not about to separate -we just have a five month old dd. I know it's maybe a bit precious but I think issues like that are for families to talk about unprompted by the reading books or for phse lessons. Don't want dd mothering over it however amicable their split is because it's not happening here.

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Molehillmountain · 17/12/2011 11:58

I guess it would help to see the book-there's a whole enormous range of bOoks and this one goes from mummy and daddy tired and not wanting to play games to separating to everyone's happy about it in a few pages. I'm not sure how much that really helps dd's understanding of a friend going through it. Having thought about it lots, that's maybe where my problem lies, but then how much further would I expect them to go? I think I'm being oversensitive about everyone in our family being tired and gripy and not wanting dd to come to the wrong conclusion. However commonplace, normal and accepted it is, dd's world would temporarily come crashing down if dh and I separated and for the sake of a poorly written book, I'd rather not give her the fear.

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