Doing some reading on blogger this morning I ran across a blog that had what appeared to be a book review. As I was reading the post the lady who posted it was in a total frenzy. Her 13 year old had gotten a book from Scholastic Book Club called The Golden Compass (in this case think Harry Potter). After getting partly through the book the child decided it was too dark of a book for her to read and stopped. Afterward her mother did research and found the book to be written by someone of a different religion and was annoyed that the school/scholastic was offering these types of books because she doesnt want her kids to be opened to those beliefs, She also stated that she feels that any books that have the mention of witches (like the mentioned book) are an attempt to corrupt her kid even though the book was a fictional story obviously.
My question to you is if this were you and your child would you allow your child to read books written by someone whose beliefs you totally disagree with? Or would you allow your child to decide for themselves whether they want to do so?
