When my sister was five I handed her a SNES controller and she ripped me to shreds in Mortal Kombat II. Kids are a lot smarter than they get credit for. Adults tend to forget how much they could process at those ages.
I was about to say "they should just watch the Disney versions then" but oh well... Also funny how they seem to value German culture over American while censoring the former.She now works in a kindergarten and alters classic Grimm Fables, so that no one gets hurt, dies or says cruel things (like "bring me her kidney"); This is by request of the parents.
Edit: oh, and the parents banned Disney. Apparently it makes you dumb because it's American. God, I hate Germany.
Well, it's kind of a shitty parenting technique.
Frankly, I think editing a book to suit your own warped sense of morality and shoving it onto your kids is taking the easy way out, instead of reading the books with your children and using them as a tool to discuss the messages contained within, and how they should (or shouldn't) apply to real life.
One way actually helps your kids grow. The other is just slapping a bandaid on the problem (and lets not even get into the tidal wave of "WTF Mom!? You've been censoring books for me my entire childhood!?" this kid is going to experience when he inevitably reads Harry Potter on his own. Talk about fucked up.).
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What about her screams 'warped sense of morality' to you? I feel you're being really hyperbolic here.
I can just imagine her kid recounting his favorite parts with friends when he gets older :
Kid's friend A: yeah and my favorite part is when snape got dumbledore. Totally didn't see that coming.
Kid: yeah when he got him to pee on himself by casting the most powerful tickle spell was one of my favorite parts too. Still don't see why he had to resign though. I mean I understand he was embarrassed but it was a powerful tickle spell. No one would have been able to withstand that.
Kid's friend A: uhhhh... *confused look*
Kid's friend B (aware of the kid's mother's tomfoolery) : *leans in to A and whispers * Just go with it, dude.
Wouldn't want to encourage peeingYou have the right idea, and I like the ending, but I don't think the mother would allow a pee joke.
I can just imagine her kid recounting his favorite parts with friends when he gets older :
Kid's friend A: yeah and my favorite part is when snape got dumbledore. Totally didn't see that coming.
Kid: yeah when he got him to pee on himself by casting the most powerful tickle spell was one of my favorite parts too. Still don't see why he had to resign though. I mean I understand he was embarrassed but it was a powerful tickle spell. No one would have been able to withstand that.
Kid's friend A: uhhhh... *confused look*
Kid's friend B (aware of the kid's mother's tomfoolery) : *leans in to A and whispers * Just go with it, dude.
as seen on gaming side when folks messed with zelda and other creative works, it's fine when you edit or mod works for your children.
I think she's actually getting a kick out of it. She's basically writing fan fic for her son. People love to write that drivel... It's just most don't pawn it off as being the original.I wouldn't be surprised if she just told him the series was two books long. Too much murder to censor in the later ones.
I have edited the sex out of horror movies so my kids could watch them. Specifically Halloween.
I'm part of the problem, but damn if more kids couldn't benefit from being exposed to the original Halloween.
See, here's where it differs for me at least: that dad was clearly making one minor edit in order to give his daughter a female role model, while this mom is sheltering her kid from not only great literature by butchering entire books, but is also setting up some resentment down the line.
It's like when DFA delayed because they had no more money, and Wasteland 2 delayed because they were done with the game but wanted to add back in the stuff they cut. Different situations entirely.
The kid's only five. In a couple years he'll be old enough to read it on his own.
Its asinine. You love HP enough to want so badly to introduce it to your kids you're willing to literally ruin the plot for them.
Its these images I had in mind when I gave in to Emmetts pleadings to read the book. A fall in the park had left his forehead with a scar so big that everyone who saw it said, Hey, Harry Potter. Naturally, he was curious. My husband and I resisted but eventually agreed, figuring were ahead of our own schedule by only two years; wed planned to introduce him to Harry at 7.
I think not reading the OP is the cause of most of the problems here.
That's what I'm saying - she's being selfish by not just waiting until they're old enough to handle the story.
The child plead with her and her husband because he wanted to read the book. I don't get "selfish" from that.
The child plead with her and her husband because he wanted to read the book. I don't get "selfish" from that.
Honestly I don't blame her. I think some aspects of the plot can be very sensitive and even very scary to people. By the time I got to the Goblet of Fire book, I was so attached to Harry that one of the last chapters had me almost violently shaking in fear and I was incredibly nervous. I get that not everyone is going to have this effect but I thought it was truly unnerving. If I were a lot younger it might have warped me. The books are a lot more serious and adult than people may think.
great literature
It's Harry Potter.
Why are so many people so opposed to what she's doing? Sure, she could just read something else to her kid, but what's wrong with reading this and changing minor details here and there?
Also, I'd hate to attend kindergarten at NeoGAF Elementary School: "Today, you sons of bitches, we're going to learn about three of the ways in which you might be murdered someday. Also we'll talk about child rape. Grow up, assholes, this is reality."
It's Harry Potter.
Why are so many people so opposed to what she's doing? Sure, she could just read something else to her kid, but what's wrong with reading this and changing minor details here and there?
Also, I'd hate to attend kindergarten at NeoGAF Elementary School: "Today, you sons of bitches, we're going to learn about three of the ways in which you might be murdered someday. Also we'll talk about child rape. Grow up, assholes, this is reality."
Also, I'd hate to attend kindergarten at NeoGAF Elementary School: "Today, you sons of bitches, we're going to learn about three of the ways in which you might be murdered someday. Also we'll talk about child rape. Grow up, assholes, this is reality."
Sure didn't.Did you edit out the guy pinned to a wall by a kitchen knife too?
How are they going to learn that premarital sex is punishable by death?
There are millions of child friendly books she could read to her kids. Why bother censoring this book. Silly parents.
Shows no respect for the author of the book. Why not just get another book?! I can imagine this person editing every book though.
I give a fuck because she decided to waste my time reading her stupid attempts to coddle her kid.
Sorry, you put stuff out there , prepare to be judged.
Yeah, and those are some of my best childhood memories, too.This is ridiculous. I was watching zombie movies at 6.
And if you did, you would've been fine, most likely.I wanted to watch the Terminator when I was 5.