Guardian magazine Saturday 13 yr old

[Evbev]

My teenager is a great reader and my younger child too. But the guardian magazine on Saturday seems to have no filter or awareness of children reading it. It's really annoying me and I don't want to stop our children reading but I feel some of the things written are for adults not general reading. It's not like TV - where you can say no that's for adults.

Well, you could stop them reading it by ensuring it is locked away...

Is it pictures or text content that worry you?

But it is for adults! Why should it be dumbed down or filtered because children may read it? Surely that's up to parents to decide whether it is suitable and do the filtering themselves?
Do you want the Guardian to parent your children for you too?!

Sorry-that actually comes across as really rude which was not my intention!

A teenager is old enough to understand "there are sometimes articles with disturbing and distressing themes in these magazines -can you let me check before you read as I don't want you getting nightmares" and is far too old to be told a blanket "no that's for adults" which is only appropriate for under 10's. Older children need to understand why they are forbidden something or they will resent and disobey not just this one ban but all the others too.

I just flipped through this weekend's Weekend - I don't have a teenager but I couldn't spot anything I wouldn't let a 13 year old read?

I let mine read it on Saturdays. We discuss articles and we read blind date together and predict the marks at the end. We all do the crosswords and laugh at the fashion bit.
Sorry, OP, the world can be a really ugly place. I'd rather she had us at hand to discuss these issues than find them out at random and just catch glimpses filtered through some idiot's writing.
Are you referring to the 'boob page' a few issues back? Mine's developing breasts and it helped, she stared fascinated, then liftes her head up and concluded: they're all massively different and look nothing like a supermodel's, those are the real ones, mummy, aren't they, all shapes and sizes. We discussed implants and mastectomies and the breast's anatomy like we talk about everything else. I see no problem with it.
Use the info as a convesation topic, not as a deliverer of absolute truths.

This week's has been an utterly dull and pointless fashion special, but some weeks there are in-depth articles about child soldiers with traumatic memories e.g. of being forced to rape/watch others rape. You can never tell week-to-week what you are going to get.

Yeah I agree there can be some traumatic articles Fish I just assumed something this week had set the OP off.

You could always buy them The Mail on Sunday.

I can't ever remember anything in the Guardian magazine I wouldn't want a 13 year old reading. What particularly bothered you, OP?

I didn't spot anything particularly strong this week, but filter particularly strong stuff out before leaving papers etc lying around.

Really WhoKnows? Do you tear out strong pages, or just chuck sections with articles you think would be bad?

My ds is younger and doesn't read unless forced, so I'm looking for tips when he gets to this age.

Damn it I never got round to buying a paper yesterday. Intrigued now!

My 13 year old used to like the photo competition on the back page

Depends, my DCs are 10 and 8 but do pick up and read newspapers/ magazines sporadically, I don't go through systematically censoring them but if I spot something potentially disturbing I'll take out those pages or bin after reading. They don't read them regularly yet, so wouldn't miss one if it wasn't there, but newspaper reading is a habit I definitely want to encourage.

Actually the Times Sunday supplement is much worse.

mrsdavidbowie

My grandparents cut out & discard the business and sports pages (of the Times). Nasty vulgar stuff.

OP are you referring to the 'What I'm really thinking' column this week by any chance ?