To think jacqueline Wilson too old for 6 year old?

[Molehillmountain]

I just imagined jw being more in the 8-10 range to start with and I am not sure about the mag dd has been bought. We're more at the fairies, princesses and fluffy bunnies stage. Should I censor it or get a grip and just let dd have it. I am not a fan of Tracey beaker but I guess that could be the grange hill of my generation-kids love it adults not so much.

My dd is under 6 and a free reader. Tracy Beaker is banned til she is older.. Won't let her watch it on cbbc either.

I loathe TB, too.
Mag is probably pretty tame, but I haven't seen it for myself.

Some of the JW books are targetted at age 5-7, look on her website for guidance. Mostly yanbu, Most of them deal with issues/attitudes best left for age 8-9+, though.

It depends on which of her books. A couple are alright for younger readers, eg The Monster Story Teller, but then others are for much older than 8-10.

I agree the themes are too complex and 'grown up' for a 6yr old to get

dd1 was free reading at 6 but wouldn't have comprehended at all

She is a fannow at 8, but I still have to have a scan first to make sure the theme isn't beyond her

TB TV series banned here at present - neither of my older 2 seem able to differentiate between RL and TB atm... Bloody Beaker

Its only the magazine at the moment. Grandma has brought it with her, I could be sneaky, make an excuse and buy another before school is out this afternoon. It's got some good quality stuff in it, helping with story writing but the girls in it are all 8 or so with just slightly older themes to match. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but I think I might sneakily swap it for something else. Dd needs no encouragement to think she can play with the big girls! Aargh! I can't keep censoring stuff but it's really hard.

fwiw I think the magazine is ok as a one off?

I don't blame you for swapping for now, put the other one away for Xmas after next. Although 10yo DD is sneakily reading some of the volumes meant for older girls (age 12-14), eventually it turns into a bit of a losing battle.

I don't want to upset lovely grandma! Mind you, she is pretty good at taking guidance. Perhaps a one off compromise and then subtly imply that dd prefers princesses really. Blimey - two years ago I'd have been horrified about the princesses!

It'll be Girl Talk before you know it...

have looked more carefully at the mag and (here is the line I will give to grandma) since dd hasn't read the books yet she might not get the references all through the mag. The truth is subtly different

I have a completely different view if DD can understand and comprehend correctly the I let her read. So yes she has been reading Tracey Beaker since she was 5years old. However, my DD has always been older than her years. She also stays with my parents quite a bit and my dad is a family court JP so she is aware that some children have very difficult lives that her Pa has to help to find the best solution for them.

My DD is coming up 10 and so far has only been allowed to read Hetty Feather and Lizzie Zipmouth. I read them all before I decide if she can read them yet or not as JW is so variable with the depth she goes into - her subject matter is always a bit, well, intense. Some authors I would happily let the DCs read anything by, but JW is not one of them.

So-I replaced jw mag with...sparkle world . But dd delighted and I'm sure it's for the best

My DD2 has been reading JW since she was 5, I thought done of the books were fine.

I agree with Lizcat.

I read the Lottie Project at 5/6. I liked the Victorian bits best and Charlie was a bit alien to me...so it's not like I was corrupted or anything! My mum censored most of what I read but JW wasn't off limits for some reason....probably because I didn't like them much.

The Worry Website and Lottie Project would be OK for 6 y.o., I should have thought?

Dd(7) has just read the werepuppy and enjoyed it.

Tbf I was reading stephen king at 10 although my mum didn't know!

I think jw is a proper writer and the mag had some really good quality tips on writing. When dd is eight I'd be very pleased for her to get it. And books - will tackle those when she's ready. I guess all of it came down to the difference between dd expressing an interest in it and choosing it and just being given it. But I do have to think about what kind of parent I want to be around this kind of stuff. She's not going to read rabbit themed stories (luckily!) and watch cbeebies forever and I want to be able to discuss the world with her without her feeling I'm coming at it as a snob, an old fogey or a uninformed naysayer!

I was a bit reader and read my first JW book was 'The Suitcase Kid'. It was a lovely book. Sad in parts as it dealt with divorce (never something I went through) but i re-read it so many times.
I must've been about 6 or 7. Then moved onto The Bed and Breakfast Kid and Tracy Beaker et al which I found to be good fun, albeit with quite 'gritty' stories underneath but a very good read.

My dd is 6 (almost 7), my mil bought her a Jacqueline Wilson annual as part of her Christmas box this year, it was quite good, loads for her to do in it. I feel it really helped her writing and formulating stories/ideas etc.

She would watch the odd episode of Tracy Beaker, not my cup of tea but I remember my Mum not letting us watch Grange Hill because the children were cheeky so I watch it with her but I don't have a problem with it. Its one of the few childrens shows on tv (apart from CBeebies) that has characters with different physical abilities.

8+

I hate most realistic stuff DD2 loves it and has probably read it from about that age.

Six is a bit small, either won't understand or get upset. DFs G&T daughter could read, but didn't like the older juniors books.

14 yo reads all the sixth form only books in the school library. (She's a librarian so no one checks)

I read adult stuff from 12/13 no teen fiction in the darkages