What's your child reading?

  • This message board permanently closed on June 30th, 2020 at 4PM EDT and is no longer accepting new members.

champ1966

champ1966

Well-Known Member
Dec 3, 2011
4,008
10,840
58
Wakefield Yorkshire England
krwhiting said:
Agreed. I'm letting my 15 year old boy read Salem's Lot. After just having read it. And I'm a firm believer in traditional, and Biblical morality. But here's the thing. I filter all the time. I hear and see things continuously that I don't like (more than 90% of my practice is criminal defense, about 500 clients a year; and the rest is divorce/custody, and you wouldn't believe what comes out in discovery in those cases; plus I just live in this world with a fairly wide circle of friends and acquaintances, from high school to college, to Army friends, to law school friends and on), but that's the world we live in and I think my older kids, 15 is about right, need to learn to face and deal with such things rather than be taught they aren't there. Because they are. I've read the Bible through, several times, and am working on it again (5 chapters a day gets you through it in about 9 months), and it doesn't sugar coat anything. Murder, adultery, infanticide, dishonesty, evil of every form, is displayed for all to see. I believe for the reason that we can know they are real and must be faced and dealt with. Because evil, and good for that matter, always have a price (FYI: it is this insight that I believe King has that makes him so interesting a writer to me; and a reason I loved Desperation so much). When they were younger, I shielded them, and they don't have to know details about people they know (though if I remember my high school and junior high days they're probably farther along than they'd let on to me), but fiction is a great place to process the face of evil.

Kelly
Click to expand...

I was 15 when I read Salem's Lot, my first SK read. Picked it up after seeing the mini series on tv.
 
  • Like
Reactions: kingricefan and Neesy
17021jude

17021jude

Well-Known Member
Nov 12, 2009
394
1,915
Kansas
Hee Hee this is a good topic, my only daughter (age 17) refers to my S.K. collection "as written in the will (that doesn't exist yet) to be all hers in the event of my inevitable death"! The funny thing is, I have noticed when she is home from school that she asks to borrow one book of my collection to take back with her....yep folks she's taking them a book at a time (most likely sitting on her own bookshelf), how can I turn this down...when I love the idea that my child may find value and share my love for this particular author's work lol?!! My youngest son (14) has recently read "the boy called IT", and is now reading "Lost Boy", so he said to me the other day as he was looking at a picture of the author on the back cover " he sure looks normal considering everything he's been thru " which I heartily agreed, then he stated " I bet he has a lot of mental problems though, you'd have to be suffering from something after all of that ". To which I agreed silently in my own mind recalling reading the nightmare childhood described by this man (shivers).
 
  • Like
Reactions: Neesy, kingricefan, champ1966 and 1 other person
champ1966

champ1966

Well-Known Member
Dec 3, 2011
4,008
10,840
58
Wakefield Yorkshire England
17021jude said:
Hee Hee this is a good topic, my only daughter (age 17) refers to my S.K. collection "as written in the will (that doesn't exist yet) to be all hers in the event of my inevitable death"! The funny thing is, I have noticed when she is home from school that she asks to borrow one book of my collection to take back with her....yep folks she's taking them a book at a time (most likely sitting on her own bookshelf), how can I turn this down...when I love the idea that my child may find value and share my love for this particular author's work lol?!! My youngest son (14) has recently read "the boy called IT", and is now reading "Lost Boy", so he said to me the other day as he was looking at a picture of the author on the back cover " he sure looks normal considering everything he's been thru " which I heartily agreed, then he stated " I bet he has a lot of mental problems though, you'd have to be suffering from something after all of that ". To which I agreed silently in my own mind recalling reading the nightmare childhood described by this man (shivers).
Click to expand...

I remember reading the Dave Pelzer books when they first came out. Makes you feel better about your own childhood.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Neesy, 17021jude, Dana Jean and 1 other person
Neesy

Neesy

#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
May 24, 2012
61,289
239,271
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
champ1966 said:
Pray tell. ;). Was going to write you a passage from Trainspotting the other day, but every other sentence contains a swear word, bit like like Enid Blyton!!!
Click to expand...

images
Sorry - first picture would not show up. Over here a fanny pack is worn above your um - 'fanny' or as you call it "your arse!".
 
  • Like
Reactions: kingricefan and champ1966
krwhiting

krwhiting

Well-Known Member
Jan 5, 2015
258
1,081
57
I'm getting my 17 year old boy to read the short story "The Road Virus Heads North." I think if he does it might hook him enough to read more King. He's a capable, but lazy, reader. He much prefers game systems and blu-rays. And he lets that preference become a choice. If I can get him onto something that grabs his interest though, then he reads for a bit. I did that for him with The Lord of the Rings, the Drizzt books, and with a set of Raymond Chandler. But when he finishes them he doesn't go find more like them or try to expand. He stops. I keep trying though.

Kelly
 
  • Like
Reactions: kingricefan, Neesy, FlakeNoir and 1 other person
skimom2

skimom2

Just moseyin' through...
Oct 9, 2013
15,683
92,168
USA
Shoesalesman said:
My boy is WAY into Calvin & Hobbs comics. Bought him a thick softcover and he polished it off in a day. He looks at my bookshelf of hardcovers everyday as he passes it, but has shown no interest in pulling one from the shelf.
Click to expand...

My kids love Calvin & Hobbes :) I have the original books and they're pretty tattered by this point. I picked up a big Zitz softcover a while back and now that's making the rounds--lol. They've even glommed on to the old Bloom County books, and those are pretty dated because of the political content. Funny transcends, I guess :D
 
  • Like
Reactions: kingricefan, do1you9love?, champ1966 and 2 others
Shoesalesman

Shoesalesman

Well-Known Member
Aug 12, 2010
1,814
4,093
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
skimom2 said:
My kids love Calvin & Hobbes :) I have the original books and they're pretty tattered by this point. I picked up a big Zitz softcover a while back and now that's making the rounds--lol. They've even glommed on to the old Bloom County books, and those are pretty dated because of the political content. Funny transcends, I guess :D
Click to expand...

The used bookstore by my house has the C&H books for about two bucks each, in fair to excellent condition. I recently found a Herman cartoon book, which was a staple when I was a younger lad. That and Crankshaft.
 
  • Like
Reactions: kingricefan, Neesy and champ1966
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom