Are kids growing up too soon, parents wonder? Should they be reading this or that? Children are also bombarded from an early age with media messages that create confusion. unfortunately rear their ugly heads in today’s society. Subjects that were never spoken of such as child abuse, incest, violence, drug use, death, a dystopian world, global warming, war, racism, nuclear threats, etc. Issues that did not exist thirty years ago may be of compelling importance now. Any parent wishing to foster and develop a love of reading in their child should be aware of the new and often difficult pressures on children today. Times change, technology marches ever onward, and children’s tastes develop. Your child may not enjoy the beloved books of yesteryear that were your friends and companions. Mabel loved lots of them but began to spread her literary wings as she grew up. When I taught my adopted daughter, Mabel to read I naturally turned to my old favorites, children’s classics, because many of those books changed my world.
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