Martinigirl answers “Appropriate for mature teens?”

Sarah asked this question about Gone Girl:

Appropriate for mature teens?

Martinigirl No. The book is about lies, murder, swearing, sex, manipulation and how spoiled brats grow up to be spoiled adults and how they act when they don't ge…moreNo. The book is about lies, murder, swearing, sex, manipulation and how spoiled brats grow up to be spoiled adults and how they act when they don't get their way. Dangerous and nasty. I don't think teens need to read that. People saying their kids "hear swearing every day at school" etc. doesn't mean you should excuse it and blow it off for your kids. That is the trouble with lazy parenting today with that attitude.(less)

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Steven Mclennan Lazier parenting to simply "ban" them from reading something than to let them read it, then to have a discussion about the book afterward. ...more
Sep 15, 2015 01:47AM · flag

Rosie ^ What he said. Sheltering teenagers from difficult topics when they're old enough to deal with it maturely is not going to help any teenager. ...more
Jan 19, 2016 12:59AM · flag

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