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The Battle Continues Over "Childish Things"
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<blockquote data-quote="Haffrung" data-source="post: 7770739" data-attributes="member: 6776259"><p>Excellent point. As a kid in the 70s and 80s I could watch almost all movies on TV (many of them from the 50s and 60s too) and most the theatre no problem. So I enjoyed watching everything from <em>Zulu</em> and <em>A Bridge Too Far</em> to <em>Giant</em> and <em>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</em>. Movies that certainly weren't aimed at kids, but which a kid could watch alongside an adult no problem. </p><p></p><p>As a parent, I find it extremely difficult to find entertainment today that is aimed at adults, but appropriate for kids to watch too. Today, if something is aimed at adults it seems mandatory that it includes explicit sexual scenes, grotesque violence, or otherwise sketchy content for young kids. I can't even watch the latest Star Trek series with my kids, because apparently TV shows that appeal to both 40 year olds and 10 year olds aren't a thing anymore. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not so sure about that. I recently re-read The Eagle of the Ninth, a historical novel written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Sutcliff" target="_blank">Rosemary Sutcliff</a> in 1954. I discovered it at my elementary school library in 1979. And it's far more mature and sophisticated in its diction and story than the Harry Potter books, or anything else I've seen at my kids' school libraries. And Sutcliff wasn't an obscure writer in her day - she won an OBE for her contributions to children's literature. I also read Watership Down, a Wizard of Earthsea, and Lord of the Rings when I was nine. My kids' school library doesn't have any of the above.</p><p></p><p>It's great the growth of the YA genre has got a lot of kids reading who otherwise wouldn't read at all. But IMHO it's not nearly as rich in language or as sophisticated dramatically as comparable books from the 50s to the 70s. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No. But that doesn't mean he's necessarily wrong in this case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Haffrung, post: 7770739, member: 6776259"] Excellent point. As a kid in the 70s and 80s I could watch almost all movies on TV (many of them from the 50s and 60s too) and most the theatre no problem. So I enjoyed watching everything from [I]Zulu[/I] and [I]A Bridge Too Far[/I] to [I]Giant[/I] and [I]One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest[/I]. Movies that certainly weren't aimed at kids, but which a kid could watch alongside an adult no problem. As a parent, I find it extremely difficult to find entertainment today that is aimed at adults, but appropriate for kids to watch too. Today, if something is aimed at adults it seems mandatory that it includes explicit sexual scenes, grotesque violence, or otherwise sketchy content for young kids. I can't even watch the latest Star Trek series with my kids, because apparently TV shows that appeal to both 40 year olds and 10 year olds aren't a thing anymore. I'm not so sure about that. I recently re-read The Eagle of the Ninth, a historical novel written by [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Sutcliff"]Rosemary Sutcliff[/URL] in 1954. I discovered it at my elementary school library in 1979. And it's far more mature and sophisticated in its diction and story than the Harry Potter books, or anything else I've seen at my kids' school libraries. And Sutcliff wasn't an obscure writer in her day - she won an OBE for her contributions to children's literature. I also read Watership Down, a Wizard of Earthsea, and Lord of the Rings when I was nine. My kids' school library doesn't have any of the above. It's great the growth of the YA genre has got a lot of kids reading who otherwise wouldn't read at all. But IMHO it's not nearly as rich in language or as sophisticated dramatically as comparable books from the 50s to the 70s. No. But that doesn't mean he's necessarily wrong in this case. [/QUOTE]
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