[Publib] Book banning

[Scott Zimmer]

Yes!  It is completely normal for children to have questions about
sex, anatomy, etc., regardless of what inspires the questions.  If
those questions are answered directly and calmly, the child will take
in as much information as s/he is ready for, and discard the rest.
But, if children see adults anxiously debating whether or not
something is appropriate, or whether a word will have a corrupting
influence (!) you can bet that they will do everything they can to
learn and use this 'bad' word that adults find so powerful and
captivating.

This is because we live in a society that somehow manages to
simultaneously be hypersexual and Puritanical.  But, instead of being
upset about what *that* does to our children, we get mad about the
book that brings it to our attention.

sz

On 2/23/07, Kathleen McCorkle <sedanlib at terraworld.net> wrote:
>
>
> > I don't think dogs balls (freely visible swinging in the wind on any
> > male dog, HIDE YOUR CHILDREN!) are going to awaken anyones sexuality. If
> > they do, they probably have bigger problems. These are the same people
> > who want your dog to wear pants in public.
>
>
> And for those of us who had a few cows and a lone bull in our younger days
> when we were able to chase them and put them back in the correct pasture
> every time they got out,  (Bulls are not happy campers when there are only
> four or five cows) kids just didn't get curious about what they saw as it
> was always there.  I guess there are advantages to rural areas.  But don't
> even city kids go to zoos?
>
> Kathleen McCorkle
> Sedan Public Library
> 115 N. Chautauqua
> Sedan, KS  67361
> 620 725 3405
> sedanlib at terraworld.net
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