Ralph Moody question

We have read and loved them all. In fact, we are reading them out loud right now with our kids, the oldest is 9 and loves cowboys and horses. That being said, I am doing the reading and editing a bit. The first couple of books have the most “coarse” language, because it’s the cowboys and ranchers who are using it. There are one or 2 curse words, “h**l, d**n, but nothing worse. They may say “omg” or even with “gosh” , which we aren’t okay with. But I just edit those parts. I wouldn’t hand it over to my kids at this point, but the books are SO SO good that I don’t mind those few places. There is also one paragraph I skipped entirely in the first (?) book that deals with some men joking about Ralph and a girl uhhhh…..”getting frisky”, even though they actually weren’t. But it wasn’t appropriate for our kids’ ages and we weren’t prepared to explain that! For what it’s worth, we are Christians & my husband is a conservative Baptist pastor, so I’d say we try to be pretty careful about those things. But the books are worth a little on the fly editing if necessary 🙂

Also, to chime in.  We just finished book 3, and I also simply did editing on the fly while reading.  There is such a beautiful work ethic, respect,  and obedience to elders, that the few shady things are forgotten while you’re reading.  My children asked if I thought Ralph was saved, because there is little to no reference to any Godly behavior, ie church, prayers at home.  I said it wasn’t for us to judge, but I feel it’s a 1950’s look at life and there isn’t much religious if any reference.  Since we live on a farm, we share some parallels.  Mother though valued great lit and recitations with her children.

Martha