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Brooke Lea Foster's avatar

This is so interesting. I hadn’t heard about the Dahl controversies. It seems silly to me to change literature -- old books are snapshots in time and they allow us to go back and learn what things were like then. It doesn’t feel right to change it. Also, I also loved The Awakening!!!!

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Kate Jones's avatar

Thanks Brooke! It's a tricky topic, for sure. I find myself wavering somewhere inbetween.

The Awakening was my favourite classic when studying English Lit!!

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Mar 7, 2023
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Kate Jones's avatar

Yes, I think as parents we can "educate" as we read, but for independent readers, maybe the "adapted" versions will be helpful. Interestingly, when I asked my 16 year old's opinion, they (and their friends) felt the books should be changed as they felt they were offensive and out of date.

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Kate Jones's avatar

I think if you raise kids to have a love of books and to be independent readers, you've done a great job already! Both my kids have completely different reading tastes, but they both still read lots, so I'm happy haha (they are 23 and 16, so don't think they'll grow out of it now ; )

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