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Bonnie wrote: "AMEN!"Thank you!
yeah my mom never really censored what we read. I mean we couldn't read like books with a lot of sex in them, and she would look at the books we read, but if we understood them she was cool with us reading them. like my sister was reading lord of the rings, etc when she was really young. God bless my mom.
Bonnie wrote: "yeah my mom never really censored what we read. I mean we couldn't read like books with a lot of sex in them, and she would look at the books we read, but if we understood them she was cool with us..."I know... don't you love those parent who never hover and trust you to know what your comfortable with!
Yes! my mom knew what my sister and I could handle. i was allowed to read pretty much whatever I wanted as long as it wasn't heavy on the sex and stuff. I read a LOT of easy eye gothics back in the day. Me and my mom both read those. Plus I could read like man from uncle books, mike shayne books, etc. and we both read donald e. westlake books. I had to wait till I was a little older (16) to read harry crews. Boy those were the days. I miss my mom more then anything. She and my sister instilled the love of books in me that has never dimmed.
My opinion too, I think whoever wants to read whatever they want to read should be able to read it regardless of age.
well i think the twilight books are so mild I dont see a reason why an 11 year old can't read them. i dont know about her other books, I havent read them. I actually think that the twilight series is probably a little young for 16 and up.
i read them with 12 so for me it's the right time, tough, i believe every child it's diferente and you should consider it accordinh to the kid
yep! you have to measure the kid.
I read the whole entire series at age 8. Some people do not believe me when I say that... I'm just an advanced reader.
Just realized how rude my comment was... Sorry. I edited it... I know that I can't take back my previous comment. Again, sorry for the cockiness. It was uncalled for. I think that anyone can read read the Twilight Series, no matter what age they are. They just have to understand the parts that are not appropriate. If they are too young to be introduced to the mature topics, such as sex, the parents should be responsible and explain to their children about what it means. That's what my mom did to me. I read Breaking Dawn at age 9, and my mom explained everything to me. Plus, she's an English teacher, so she knew what terms to use when doing so.
Olivia wrote: "Samantha wrote: "I read the whole entire series at age 8. Beat that suckers!!! Advanced reader right here! Read Inkheart at age 9."oh wow u read the whole twi saga book, that out there?! what ink..."
I don't quite remember much about Inkheart, but I do know that the main character has the ability to bring characters from books to life.
I'm 11 and I have read all the twilight series and loved it
Don't feel stupid for reading them at twenty. That's the age group that Meyer targeted her books towards. Idk if that makes sense but whatever. I have just been a very advanced reader all of my life. My mom's an English teacher, so she made me read every day for 20 minutes which developed my reading skills quickly.
I am also an advanced reader I read Harry Potter when I was in second grade
It does not mature how mature or not mature a child is, it's about content and this book contains a lot of adult content and mature themes. So just because a child is extremely mature means that you would allow them to read 50 Shades?Hell. No.
This is a particularly frustrating topic. This entire series is very intense and I feel children, at the max, under 14 should not be reading it at all. You also have to remember that these books were written with a specific target audience and for anyone younger than that to read these books would be very inappropriate.
What the HELL are 11, 12, and 13 year old's doing reading these books? Do parents NOT monitor what their children are reading? Twilight may be a little harmless but as the books progress, notably that "scene" everyone knows I'm talking about in Breaking Dawn, there are things children that young should not be reading.
People are ruining the innocence of children. How are kids that haven't even reached puberty yet supposed to fully comprehend, appreciate, and relate to the intensity of these books and all of its mature content?
Give me a god damned break.
i personally read these books at the age of 11. I would say that the first book is fine but onwards depends on your opinions on what is too sexually explicit. for example the topic of sex comes up at the end of the second book. The third book goes into some details into sexual arousal and the last only hints at what happens on a wedding night. i would have to say that 13 years old and above is probably what the average person says. I personally had no problems reading it at 11.
Alicia wrote: "Unless the child is relatively mature and level headed or has a parent who will read and discuss the books with the child so they can gain a more realistic perspective, I would wait until high scho..."i owuld have to agree that the behaviour in the book is rather obsessive. unless the child is mature enough to understand that this is not healthy then they should not be reading it
Claire wrote: "I am asked by many friends who are parents of young people, "Is my child old enough to read Twilight?" I share my opinion and my thoughts, but I want to know what others feel is the age range for t..."is it the sexual references that bother you? The obsessive romance? or the supernatural element that bothers you? Depending on this, the answer to should i let her read it and how young is too young depends onthe maturity of your daughter
Mrs.LillyMacCrae wrote: "It does not mature how mature or not mature a child is, it's about content and this book contains a lot of adult content and mature themes. So just because a child is extremely mature means that ..."And it's frustrating when someone underestimates or undermines a young mind. I'm from the generation who grew up on Freddy Kruegar, and read Stephen King's Carrie at 12. And yet, I still enjoyed my childhood and did childish things, but also got to enjoy another level. If I'm honest, reading Stephen King at 12 saved my love of reading, because what aimed at me were books like sweet valley high. I'm sure Twilight is quite tame compared to books many readers on goodreads have actually grown up with.
People who agree that it depends on maturity will most likely be speaking from personal experiences, especially the older readers. No harm has come to them, so why treat children of today with less respect than the respect and choice you were given to read a similar book in your childhood.
Books are a more friendly way to introduce topics to children, that could be too much coming from another source.
There's always going to be a fight between those that think that a child's mind is easily corruptable and want to protect them, and those that believe that they are more mature and far more capable of handling issues than what the former group gives them credit for. A fight that has gone on before my time, during my childhood, now, and will continue to the future.
My experiences tells me children are more capable at handling issues than what some people give them credit for.
Mrs.LillyMacCrae wrote: "It does not mature how mature or not mature a child is, it's about content and this book contains a lot of adult content and mature themes. So just because a child is extremely mature means that ..."Ruining innocence of childhood? Umm, have you met the internet?
With a simple swipe of a finger any child can have access to pornography that would make the Libertines blush. And don't think those little "parent overrides" work, they don't.
The thing is, most kids have to use the internet for school nowadays and by the age of 11 my friends and I were constantly bypassing the School filter and messing around on the net instead of our homework. And I'm part of the last generation to know what life was like before the internet. Can you imagine how easy it is for kids who quite literally grew up with the internet at their fingertips?
Now don't get me wrong, any and all parents absolutely have the right to choose what type of material to expose their children to.
But to say I lost my childhood innocence because I, for example, watched Animals of Farthing Woods as a 6 year old? Because it had blood and death and destruction the entire way through? Nay. I contend that it taught me valuable life lessons, I was able to be innocent and naive regardless.
Hell I used to watch free to air French movies as a kid, I was still innocent (we don't censor nudity or sex or swearing at all on TV here.)
To answer your question, I would first have to clarify what you mean by "maturity." And how old we are talking.
Puberty happens differently to people. Now you can have emotional maturity or you can have intelligence. They are not the same thing. Though they can coincide with one and other.
What one 5 year old would be fine seeing/reading might scare the living daylights out of one 10 year old.
It does depend entirely on the child and where they are at emotionally and mentally.
But really I wouldn't recommend anyone read 50 Shades. Not because of the sex, which is tame, boring, vanilla and considered fluffy in many cultures (particularly the French and other lax Europeans.) No, because I consider it to be horribly written.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating for kids to watch a Tarintino movie or play GTA V or whatever. But what I am saying is what "damages" kids isn't adult content. Not really. What is truly damaging is refusing to alleviate their questions if they happen to see/read adult content, even by accident. Because you haven't provided them with the right context. That's how they get the wrong idea.
It's your job to teach them how to handle such things. Sometimes that will happen before they are ready, most of the time it will happen before the parent is ready.
But if you treat kids like they are too fragile to handle life, then why expect them to grow at all?
i think 12 is the age . but it depends on the maturity . if your child is mature enough to read it at the age of 10 and 11 then yes . i read it and it talks just a little about the sex scenes so it wont pollute the mind if you think your mature enough you can read it even at the age of 10
I don't think there's a specific age because I find that there are some adults who are not mature enough to read this. I think the main thing is that you should be mature enough to read this book and only think of it as entertaining. You should be mature enough to not let it influence your perception on love and romance because if it does, this book has the potential to mess with that in a negative way. Although in my experience most people eventually realize that the relationships portrayed are in no way healthy, so as long as that conclusion can eventually be reached I think it's okay to read. As far as adult content goes for the book, I think that's the least anybody's worries because the negative impact of adult content usually only occurs if a child has to experience it firsthand. For the most part it just stays in their memory as something irrelevant until they can fully understand it, at least that's how it went with me. And children understanding adult content isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's usually when they're vague ideas of it insight them to act, but as their parent you should know them well enough to know if that's a possibility. So allowing your kid to read this is completely a judgment call.
i'm about to read it i am only 11 but have read alot of older books do you think that is alright ps before you worry this is my mums account
I commented on this awhile ago but recently I let my 11 year old daughter read twilight as long as I was in the room with her or my sister in law was as we both read it. my daughter is very mature for her age which sometimes scares me but as she was reading Twilight she got not even halfway through the book when she just gave it back to me and said she didn't want to read it anymore. When I asked why she said it was boring and stupid. With that being said I would have to say along with the age it depends on the maturity level also.My daughter and I have a very close and open relationship where she knows she can talk to me about anything and before she started reading Twilight I made it clear to her that the book does not portray relationships in a healthy manner and to not take it seriously. Her comment was she is not interested in reading it again or trying the other books. She has seen the movies with me and says the exact same thing as she did with the book. With that being said I now think that moms have to use their judgement when it comes to this series and if they think their kids are mature enough to read it and to not think relationships should be like that in any way.
I read this series when I was 9 and I was pretty ok. Recently I read the Divergent series and I'm still 10. And my mom read the Twilight series before me and she was ok with it. She also knew I was reading the Divergent series.
Age does not matter. It is the matter of maturity and how the person interprets what they read. If they are old enough to understand what they are reading and handle it in a mature way, then I believe that they can read it.
Well, at my previous school there were readers of Harry Potter, Warriors, and so on that started reading books like that when they were six. It depends if they are ready.
When I was a kid we had to stay in the "age" appropriate section in the library. I cannot even begin to tell you how very bored I was. It made me lie and say I was getting books for older relatives etc just so I could check out books I was interested in and not what they wanted me to be reading.
Well here's the thing I'm 13 and I ❤️ Twilight a lot like a lot but before I read the books I saw the movies. So I new what I was in for but the romance in it is pretty...... so I say if your child is a responsible and a mature young adult I think they will love the books. My recommendation for age limits would be probably 13 or if you think you should wait then you should let them read it at 16 !!!!! I hope this helps you guys since it's in a teens perspective so yeah I hope you let them read the best book ever ;)
i read this series when i was 11 and finished this series in a month, But this depends on the maturity level
I allowed my daughter to read the series at 11ish but she waited till she was about 12-13. She is now almost 15 and has moved on to more mature books in my opinion, but still in the YA genre. She watched the first 3 movies by age 11 and BD at 13. She is a mature, sensible kid. My boys on the other hand, 9 and 11, are definitely not ready for the books or the movies. They want to see the movie but do not seem to believe me when I say it is a LOVE story more than a vampire story LOL.
I read twilight when I was 10. The whole thing. I borrowed the books from my school library and well my parents didn't read the series nor did they watch the movies so they didn't know what it was about. But I must say its supposed to be for 16+. I knew it wasn't for my age but pretty much most of the stuff i read is not my age..so...
Isabel wrote: "So, I'm 11, and wondering whether I should read these books yet. Keep in mind, I think I'm pretty mature. I read Little Women and loved it, and like to read books such as the Lunar Chronicles, Scho..."If you believe that you're mature enough to read it, then go ahead.. I read the first book when I was 10 (approaching my 11th birthday) and then read 2-4 while I was 11. Twilight and New Moon and probably the most pg of the books, while Eclipse is a little more violent and Breaking Dawn is more.. *mature*. If those two factors don't/wouldn't bother you then, by all means, read them.
I would guess under 10, as I read it when I was 13 and got obsessed. However this really messed up my understanding of relationships. I believed what Bella and Edward had was, how relationship's were suppose to be.
Only years later I understood it is toxic as AF.
The series will forever have a special place in my heart.
That’s the problem, if it skews your view of relationships. Other than that you are probably good.
I probably read it around 11 which I realize some think is a little young. But, it's just a book and kids these days are exposed to much worse both in school and online. If they're willing to read 500-page books. I'd say let them go for it, to me that's preferable to them scrolling on social media.
I agree Rae … and by 11 you should be pretty far along in what your idea of a good relationship is with just anyone. If this lures you into a dark place I think you were already going down that path and needed intervention as opposed to not reading a book. Maybe I’m wrong but my mom always said give me a child until they are three and I will already have set them in their direction for life
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I have been reading chapter books since I was in senior kindergarten and so my mother recommended twilight when I complained that all the books I read were too easy. I was devouring them within an hour what I was given three weeks to read.
I ate that up too but I guess its just me because I read so much that I finished it all within a month (including the wait for the books at the library because I dint have them) so it depends on the kid, what they are comfortable with and what you are comfortable with.
Also remember that the scenes weren't all that bad and I actually found it a little boring so I would say you don't have to be 14 to read it. You could also just read the books first to check. My aunt read the series so my mom knew what it was like so she let me, now im the one making her read it.
So that is my opinion given personnel experience and me own judgement, don't hate the player, hate the game.