Is the Beano magazine a bad influence?

[Jellybeanz1]

Hi this is my first thread ever! I was just hoping for some sensible advice. My DH is threatening to throw out all my DS 8years, Beano albums and comics. He loves them dearly but my DS thinks they are a bad influence. ( this weeks was very anti homework which is already a difficult subject to motivate my DS). DH has already got rid of the Thomas the Tank engine books when he was little ( as he didnt like the way they treated each other). Can anyone counter his argument? I dont want another row or to be blamed further down the line. Here's hoping for a quieter life.

[mrsjay]

I think the Beano should be required reading for every child

I agree with you mini I wonder if mini the minx has an influence on naughty little girls . I remember a iwas speaking to a mum when dd2 was in primary she had banned tracy beaker as it was rubbing off on her dd and as she was such a good girl before it must be tracy making her naughty

[mrsjay]

I was all faced when dd1 said mum you can stop getting my beano now I am to old for it,

[Meglet]

Can you still get the Beano?!!

[mrsjay]

yes it was the dandy that was disbanded ( i am sure )

[lashingsofbingeinghere]

Compromise? Get Aquila and the Beano?

[bodiddly]

You can still get the Beano - the Dandy is only available online now though!

[MrButtercat]

We have subscription to Beano and The Phoenix.

3 very well behaved,avid readers doing well at school.

We tried Aquila but none of my dc read it as avidly and as the whole point of comics is to read I ditched the subscription.

[Dawndonna]

This is daft. However, get him some Asterix as well as The Beano. Maybe that way your dh will remember how violent and subversive the Asterix stories actually were.

[UniS]

I took DS to a concert on Sunday. We sat next to an older gentleman, we know, whose wife was one of the performers ( along with my DH) . I took 2 old beanos out of my bag for DS to read during the concert. Older gentleman was thrilled and promptly "borrowed" one of them, making great play of letting his wife know that he would be OK during the concert as he had a beano to read so he wouldn't get bored.

[edam]

Jellybeanz, I can still remember the immortal instructions in Twinkle to 'ask Mummy to help you cut around the thick black lines'. I loved those dressing up dolls!

If you are anywhere near London, DO take ds to the Beano exhibition on the South Bank, it's great fun.

[morethanpotatoprints]

Sorry OP. You're dh is mad.

of course if you look hard enough at most things for dc you will find bad influences. it is part of the attraction for dc and the people who make/publish the items.
Throughout history this has been the same, and surely dc should have this freedom from having to be the perfect child.
If they are allowed this fantasy in books, toys etc. They are less likely to go off the rails.
Is your dh going to follow him round until he is 16, looking for bad influences. I hope for your ds sake he isn't.
Tell him to take a chill pill and show him the comments on here.
Also second the comment about telling his teacher what your dh plans to do. I know what her/ his reaction would be.

[WhizzerAndChips]

As you can see from my MN moniker, I was an avid comic reader! I regularly read Whizzer and Chips, Topper, Beano and The Dandy I even joined the Desperate Dan Club and had my own badge and club secret 'password'
As much as I read the comics, I didn't feel the urge to pea-shoot passing objects or fashion a catapult a'la Minnie The Minx, Ivy The Terrible or Beryl The Peril style.
Tell your DH to get a grip!
Oh, and I'm another one who is extremely glad that there are still children out there who love The Beano. I was gutted when the Dandy had to close a while back. I keep trying (and failing) to get my DS's to read old fashioned comics like the Beano, to no avail - they'd much rather read football magazines like Shoot! and Match!
Oh well, at least they still love reading, so I'm happy!

[theodorakisses]

ooh, love the term Moniker, a new foster pup is on her way to me and you have just named her! If she were male, it would have had to be Dennis...