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Do you allow twaddle at all?
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OK, I’ll confess . . . we read Hank the Cowdog. 🙂 I’m not sure Hank would be a good “main course” but as an occasional cookie . . . LOL
Some things we never allow, though, like endless TV/movie tie-in books. I’m not sure that they could be read for “pure enjoyment” LOL
We like Hank because they are so funny, and because we have off-the-wall senses of humor here. They seem to fit well in that stage of a child’s life when he can read fairly well, but isn’t quite ready for big long serious chapter books yet. We allow a few things in that particular reading stage that may not be completely non-twaddley but after reading them, my children have always been happy to move on to bigger and better things.
Michelle D
Yes, like Michelle (…my belle) there are some things we never allow. Her’s was a great example. I’m also watchful over books that come in a series. There are only a handful that are worthwhile. Also, no comic books and I’ve started weeding out Disney books given to us in the past and none picked up at the library. I find twaddle being more of an issue with my dd than my son.
But there will be some just plain goofy stuff that we enjoy (like Dr. Seuss).
Rachel
I’m beginning to weed some of the yard sale and dollar store books I’ve acquired over the years. I’m not getting rid of Clifford the Big Red Dog, the Berenstain Bears, Curious George, or Little Critter. I’m not sure if you consider these twaddle or not. Clifford could be, I suppose, but I don’t mind them and ds5 loves them.
Karen
We’re partial twaddlers here. I try, try, try to have good books for them to read. But if we go to the library and they see a ‘great book’ they just have to have I’ll let them check it out and we’ll read it and they decide if it was good or not. They are getting really good at determining what is worthwhile and what is not. Diary of a Worm was hilarious, but twaddle.
We do read some stuff for pure silliness. Or to keep struggling readers interested.
And now for my big confession – I let my boys read Pokemon and Bionicle. I know – it’s horrible. But they’re reading. One of them hated reading for a long time although he was good at it. I finally backed off and asked him what he wanted to read and that’s what he chose and he reads a lot now. He CHOOSES to read. He says it’s his favorite thing to do. Hopefully he’ll want to read other, less twaddle-like books soon. He chose the Encyclopedia Brown books for his ‘mom reading time’ – that’s a step forward. Crossing my fingers I haven’t damaged him for life.
My struggling reader is almost 9 and does well with Dr. Seuss type books. It’s hard to find easy readers for a boy his age so I sometimes slip with him too.
I’M CORRUPTING MY CHILDREN!!!!!!!
Okay, I took a deep breath. My husband and I operate on the principle that we will read to them from as many good books as we can (and we read a lot), but they can also make choices themselves. My husband’s father read nothing but comic books for years and he’s now a PhD and reads all sorts of scholarly things for fun.
I think each family just does what’s best for them and applies Charlotte’s principles in ways that apply to their specific children.
Heather
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