DS is ND and has a good heart, but with a tendency seeing things with a bit of "black-and-white" lens. Sometimes, things/people could upset him disproportionally, because he has a strong than usual sense of "fairness" or "justice".
It's all alright when he's young. But when he's getting older and especially will start secondary school in just a few months time, I would like him to be exposed to more complex characters to be prepared for the wider social circle and the path towards independence.
I'm ND too, so a bit of the same. Sometimes I'd be overly self-protective whilst some other times, I lay my trust in people too quickly. So it's not the most natural thing to teach him how to handle.
I still do bedtime reading to him and think maybe stories could be the best vehicle to discuss and learn together.
I found stories for primary school children are very much morally correct (understandably) and very much good v.s. bad. We just started Little Women because it's one of those classics. But I then realised there's fair amount of preaching in the story and that probably would only reinforce the "black v.s. white" thinking and might be best to put it aside?
Any suggestions please?
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Children's books
Read-aloud Books for DS11 - well presented "complex" characters (not black and white)
Rekka · 23/02/2024 13:56
TomeTome · 23/02/2024 22:12
I am David, My side of the Mountain, The Crysalids, Lord of the Flies, Children of the Oregon Trail, Goodnight Mr Tom
LargeSquareRock · 24/02/2024 00:41
I read Children of the Oregon Trail aloud to my kids late last year! Such an intense read and none of the kids in the story are perfect. I thought I was the only person in earth who knew of this great book (read it when I was a child). I had to adapt some of the casual racist language about native Americans but on the whole, thought the book was ahead of its times in explaining why the Native Americans were so upset about the settlers.
TomeTome · 23/02/2024 22:12
I am David, My side of the Mountain, The Crysalids, Lord of the Flies, Children of the Oregon Trail, Goodnight Mr Tom
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