More later but I do think there can be a good deal of variance. Just a small example, Ben was given a YA book to read as part of his English class that involved the killing of a keeshond; we spent a lot of time working through nightmares the week after that. I've had a few weird experiences too. But that was a real out of the blue odd moment.
I don't think my parents restricted either. They simply weren't readers and we didn't have texts around, and my school library prior to highschool didn't have much. At that point (my first job) I started working in a library. I read a fair bit of SF/F by choice, and I don't think most of this was YA.
I grew up in the seventies too. Don't know if that makes a difference but one thing I do know is that we really didn't talk much about sex or violence. The one book I got into trouble with, although it did teach me about my personal twitches was a SF book that came in the mail, not a good book I'm sure, which contained a very graphically violent scene that I still have nightmares about. I do know for my self I've always had more trouble with that, and anything that that relates to abuse, than anything related to sex.
I'm still thinking about this a good deal. It's led me back into the Pinker book I read a few months back and how we mature, and back too to the realization that a good deal of this happened for me through books, not people.. most of which were self-chosen, and the importance of writing. Interesting stuff.
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Wed, Jul. 14th, 2004 05:08 am (UTC)I don't think my parents restricted either. They simply weren't readers and we didn't have texts around, and my school library prior to highschool didn't have much. At that point (my first job) I started working in a library. I read a fair bit of SF/F by choice, and I don't think most of this was YA.
I grew up in the seventies too. Don't know if that makes a difference but one thing I do know is that we really didn't talk much about sex or violence. The one book I got into trouble with, although it did teach me about my personal twitches was a SF book that came in the mail, not a good book I'm sure, which contained a very graphically violent scene that I still have nightmares about. I do know for my self I've always had more trouble with that, and anything that that relates to abuse, than anything related to sex.
I'm still thinking about this a good deal. It's led me back into the Pinker book I read a few months back and how we mature, and back too to the realization that a good deal of this happened for me through books, not people.. most of which were self-chosen, and the importance of writing. Interesting stuff.