[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by garinda

A genuine question? Is it not possible to ask what books a child will be reading at the begining of the year? Since most of the national curriculum is set country wide, this should be possible, if it isn't it is wrong. Parents and gaurdians should have a right to know, partly so they could read the books to help the child, as well as to object if they so wish.

I'm not sure about the part about reading the book so the they/we can help the child as that could possibly in some ways put our views/appreciation of the literature in question forward instead of the child's opinion. I'd like to think they can form their own criticism/appreciation by that age.

I'm probably just naive in assuming that the NC wouldn't contain anything to which a parent could object from the point of view of containing such things as profanities.

It's rather ironic that in my day if a pupil had been caught in the lunch hour or break time reading a book with known sexual content or strong language the book would have been confiscated and the child reprimanded. Now such books are part of the curriculum. How times have changed.

I can see from some of the comments in this thread that there are people who think I am an old fuddy duddy and should be encouraging my daughters to watch porn and to eff and blind with the rest of them because "kids do that these days". I may be in a minority but I'm pleased to say that my kids are two of the few that don't and I find it rather sad that it is schools who are teaching them that it's OK and right to do it.

I have found this thread interesting and an eye-opener because I can see now that I'm probably going to be the only parent who has objections.