Parental Advisory

When I was about 12 years old I started reading Stephen King’s novels. He doesn’t generally shy away from rough subject matter. There’s sex, violence, language, drugs, alcohol, etc. in most of what he writes.

I didn’t learn how to swear from Stephen King though. I’d figured that out by the time I was much younger than 12.

It’s fair to say that I probably learned some things about the other rough subject matter that I didn’t know. But you have to gain exposure somehow, and I think reading about...