When you allow your kids to read Harry Potter, you are saying it's ok for your kids to idealize witchcraft.
This is not a joke.
2007-08-01 15:20:48 · 17 answers · asked by RunSueRun 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
i agree with you,there should be an age gap on this,my sister took her 6 year old daughter to see the movie,and the following night,i watched her,and she woke up with night mares,and her 10 year old son,his favorite saying is i am going to put a spell on you,so i know a lot of people will disagree with us,but you are correct
2007-08-07 01:21:54 · answer #1 · answered by tnsupermomwhit 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't be absurd. Just because you have a difficult time separating fact from fiction doesn't mean everyone else has the same affliction.
The Harry Potter books are fiction and entertainment. Most children realize this. Children are not dummies. Especially the children who read some or all the Harry Potter books because they can be quite complex with several plot lines going on at the same time.
There will always be a few children who are basically imbeciles who will believe the books are "real life" and will idealize witchcraft. But if we fore go everything we enjoy because of the few stupid people in the world who don't or can't understand then we will not only live in a very dull world but in a world that will cease to progress and innovate. In effect, what I'm say is grow up.
2007-08-01 15:36:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I personally don't have a problem with Harry Potter, and if I had kids I would let them read it. However, people of certain religions believe that witchcraft and wizardry is evil. I cannot blame them for not letting their children read books about that which they consider evil. Parents can decide what books they will and won't allow their children to read. I'm sure there are parents that do not let their children watch many of the other examples you offered (e.g. Sleeping Beauty). Of course, some of those stories only have evil people using magic, whereas books like Harry Potter have the "good guys" using magic too. Parents who think magic is evil wouldn't want their children seeing it put in a good light.
2016-04-01 10:08:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have any kids, but if I did have kids I would just be happy they are reading instead of being on the computer or getting into some kind of trouble. It would be interesting to see you find one kid that read Harry Potter and decided to take up witchcraft. I've read every single book and the thought never crossed my mind....sounds like you have a very impressionable little mind there.
2007-08-01 15:40:32 · answer #4 · answered by Chrissy 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
ok wow i was in school when they started harry potter we all knew it wasn't real but it was a wonderful book i hope this is a joke if i have kids i sure as hell am going to let them read it my mom reades it to and I'm going to pass my books down to my nephew what do you got against it they don't worship it omg get a life dont post dumb questions on here i might not spell right but jk rowling sure as hell maded a damn good book get over yourself now i know you have been reading the book
2007-08-01 16:47:34 · answer #5 · answered by josh 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is a fairy tale, fictional book. It is not going to make kids idealize witchcraft. I know that there are churches telling people not to read this book because it is about witchcraft, but its like reading any other book, it takes the reader into places they will never be. Lighten up out there!!
2007-08-08 12:35:56 · answer #6 · answered by WVPV07 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Harry Potter doesn't promote witchcraft as a religion...it's about people who are different than everyone else. It actually helps to teach about discrimination...something you seem to be an expert on. Only in Harry Potter they show why you shouldn't discriminate. Maybe you should read it...you might learn something.
2007-08-01 15:29:57 · answer #7 · answered by Carrie S 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Why not? i mean Harry Potter isn't bad, and as for
"you're saying it's ok for your kids to idealize about witchcraft"
most kids don't think that.. atleast i don't. It's cool to loose yourself in a book that's NONFICTIONAL and NOT REAL, and plus, it adds in your kid's creativity. (Like one day they may invent a way to fly in cars.) Overall it's coolio, what's the harm? (If they start doing stupid things then stop obviously, but first give the "talk" (no not that one) about not doing stupid things)
2007-08-01 15:27:14 · answer #8 · answered by ThatGuy 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
you must be joking.
if not, LOOSEN UP!!!
thats bascially like saying why read fiction? if its not real you shouldn't get caught up in it.
i mean really. the argument against harry potter is pathetic. what about all the other books about witchcraft???
let a kid be a kid and have some fun. don't be narrow-minded.
2007-08-01 15:29:14 · answer #9 · answered by casey 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
why let them read history books. they are all filled with war and haterid and magic and different paths of thought? why let them read fairy tales? they are some times dark and not true at all. why read to them or let them read or watch anything at all... not even the Bible. for it is filled with war, and sex, and love and kindness and forgiveness. why not keep them in a bubble? the world is filled with things that not everyone agrees with.. that is why their is color and life and music. Beethoven's later music was considered crude and ugly by his contemporaries.. but after his death they became cherished pieces loved by millions.
don't let your children develop imagination! that would be horrible! you can expose them to many things. and for that they are better more well rounded people!
2007-08-08 06:45:36 · answer #10 · answered by Mrs. Helton 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋