to feel uneasy about my son reading Enid Blyton books

[frances5]

My son wants me to read him a book called the "Wishing Chair", I have read two chapters of it and it has a pixie in it called "Chinky". To make it worst the drawing of "Chinky" shows an elf like creature with slitted eyes. However I think my son is totally and utter oblivous to this.

Admitally Enid Blyton lived 50 years ago when people didn't know better. But do you think I am making a mistake letting my son enjoy this book? He is even trying to read it himself that he is so desperate to know what happens next.

When my son chose this book I had no idea that it had a pixie in it called "Chinky" other wise I would have diverted him towards something like Ronald Dahl.

A brief History of Time is still partly unread on my bookshelf .

Hey, it was a joke. I'm very chilled about my deafness...

Oi! Armadillo!

It wasn't the White Cliffs.

It was ............. 'We'll Meet Again ..

horrible histories - rotton romans on cd. Has got a song on it about give me back my legions and it calls the german swine.. my ds signs the song along to it.

Must be a very bad mother me

The famous 5 (2007 style)

Taylor "Ok so what we gonna do today, its lovely and sunny,"

Amber "well I can't go out as mum say's the bloke down the road s a bit iffy and I can't go near him"

Mohammed "well I would love to go to the shopping centre but they done have enough ramps and I need some one to hold the doors open for me"

Taylor "I got kicked out of there last week for wearing me hoody"

Gayle "Taylor your f pit bull is chewing my new uggs again, I'll call the RSPCA on you if you don't control it"

Amber " I'm going to the kitchen who wants a fruit shot?"

Mohammed,"lets link up our PSPs and play grand theft auto"

Well there is Block Nikki (don't remember him myself)

herel

I knew my brain wasn't working well today.

Time to retire methinks.

LOL Kimi

Block was only pretending to be deaf. Am reading it atm.

Ooooh......I'm going to get all offended now....I may even flounce!!! This implies that deaf people are sinister!!

I'm about as sinister as a baby lamb!!

Roffle!

Um can we say white cliffs of dover???

Yes Nikki DS1 is very bright {despite reading ED at an early age}

It is hard going keeping up with him sometimes.
He was reading by 3 and as not stopped, he just won a story writing comp as well.

kimi

did he join mensa aged 2 tho? lol

pretending to be deaf.....bet he just wanted the benefits the sod!! This is getting worse!!!

Well thats it then EB has offended everybody.

You know I bet we could offend every single mumsnetter on here with out meaning to.
Everyone could take offence at something....but then again do we all take ourself s that seriously?

Life is far to short to spend it taking yourself seriously!

Trust me on this one...I'm blonde....

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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.....

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?