Was just wondering how otherwise approach the issue of the book subject not being appropriate for your child's age?
There ie a possibility that I am being a little ridiculous here, but is it ok for a six year old to be given a book regarding 'body art' from school? Some bits are ok, but some are a little 'old' for a six year old to be reading about?
The chapters include things such as describing Chinese foot wrapping, but bo explanation as to why, says suntans are fashionable, tattoos (fine, but at 6?) with a picture a a completely tattoo'd man as a leopard, skull shaping, with reference to 'tribe' but no country or reference to cultural reason, neck ringing where the ladies lengthen their necks, again no explanation, hut do mention that if they take it off they would die, cosmetic surgery, including a woman who changed her eyes to ' look like a leopard', a lady who had 'operations to make her face look younger and prettier', tribal scarring, with a note on how rubbing grit and dirt in the cuts makes it scar better, a whole section on piercing, including nose, navel, lounge (including a fun quiz on how long the lounge takes to stop bleeding!) ,how navel piercing can make the skin die and the jewellery falls out, and a charming picture of a lady with 120 piercings in her face. Then comes a bit about 1930's movie star taking out their back teeth to look thinner, with the book ending on a high note of spot the body art pop quiz of a tattooed man with a ling stick through his nose.
I can understand educating about certain bits such as how different cultures do thing with their bodies such as neck rings, ear lobe stretching, lip plates etc, but feel they need explanation, not just some people do this.
I also feel that some of it us just over the top and unnecessary.
This book might be ok at older ages but I don't think it is right for a six year old. However. This is the band he us on. So is this level of subject that I should expect? Do I just let him read them or can I ask the teacher to screen them a little? The issue there is that they have a 'rule' they have to read all the books in each stage, so how do I get around the inappropriate subject material? Obviously, this will get worse as he goes up more levels as well. (i think he only has a few left on this one as it is)