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>>and she's still reading the book, I think it's more being prepared...>>

And you really can't always predict where an upsetting story is going to
come from. When we were driving home from Colorado last month, we listened
to the children's book "A Bridge to Terabithia". I had warned my kids that
the jacket said the book had some sad things in it. Conor still wasn't
prepared for what he heard. A main character dies suddenly and it affected
Conor deeply. He sobbed in the car for a long time. Then he got mad at the
library for putting such a book in the children's section.

Life is good.
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--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Betty Holder" <ninnyridge03@p...>
wrote:
He's overcome that somewhat now, but still is
touched by the sadness in any movie,(which I think is good), to tears
sometimes, and looks around to see if anybody notices. <g> But he
still won't watch a Lassie or Benji movie. I guess he really wasn't
ready for the emotional part at that early age. We just NEVER know!!
>
> Betty
>

So, I guess, Where the Red Fern Grows is definitely out! I think I
was about twelve when I saw that and it was the worst movie I've ever
seen and I will never watch it again. I don't like sad endings.

Bridget

Tim Traaseth

This also happens with my 9 yr old, I was suggesting a Gary Paulsen book
and he read the jacket cover and said it sounded too sad, he does not like
that, he'd rather read action and adventure. Kelli
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> Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] restricting books choices was re: fluff
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> >>>>>the book had some sad things in it. Conor still wasn't
> prepared for what he heard. it affected
> Conor deeply. Life is good.~Mary<<<<<
>
> I remember when Josh was smaller, five maybe six, I got the movie Lassie
Come Home, the old classic, at the library and we watched it until it got to
the sad part and he refused to watch anymore. He jumped up, turned it off
and said, "I don't like that!" He then would not watch any *dog* movies
'cause he figured they were sad. We tried to watch a Benji movie and he
asked, "Is it like the Lassie movie?" He found that it too had some sad
parts and he said, "I don't like that kind of movies." He's overcome that
somewhat now, but still is touched by the sadness in any movie,(which I
think is good), to tears sometimes, and looks around to see if anybody
notices. <g> But he still won't watch a Lassie or Benji movie. I guess he
really wasn't ready for the emotional part at that early age. We just NEVER
know!!
>
> Betty
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>And you really can't always predict where an upsetting story is going to
>come from. When we were driving home from Colorado last month, we listened
>to the children's book "A Bridge to Terabithia". I had warned my kids that
>the jacket said the book had some sad things in it. Conor still wasn't
>prepared for what he heard. A main character dies suddenly and it affected
>Conor deeply. He sobbed in the car for a long time. Then he got mad at the
>library for putting such a book in the children's section.

My granddaughter had the same reaction to the video of The BFG a couple of
years ago. She found it too scary and insisted they shouldn't have it in
the children's section. I told her that the children's section was also
for older children, who wouldn't find it as scary. I've always thought of
Bridge to Terabithia as a young adult book. *I* cried when I read it.
Tia

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debi watson

For a very funny book on that subject, try "No More Dead Dogs" by Gordon Korman. It is about a boy in Junior High who has to write a book report on one of the sad-dog-dies books, and refuses to say he enjoyed it. Gave my hsed children a new perspective on public school! Debi
He then would not watch any *dog* movies 'cause he figured they were sad.
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>>>>>the book had some sad things in it. Conor still wasn't
prepared for what he heard. it affected
Conor deeply. Life is good.~Mary<<<<<

I remember when Josh was smaller, five maybe six, I got the movie Lassie Come Home, the old classic, at the library and we watched it until it got to the sad part and he refused to watch anymore. He jumped up, turned it off and said, "I don't like that!" He then would not watch any *dog* movies 'cause he figured they were sad. We tried to watch a Benji movie and he asked, "Is it like the Lassie movie?" He found that it too had some sad parts and he said, "I don't like that kind of movies." He's overcome that somewhat now, but still is touched by the sadness in any movie,(which I think is good), to tears sometimes, and looks around to see if anybody notices. <g> But he still won't watch a Lassie or Benji movie. I guess he really wasn't ready for the emotional part at that early age. We just NEVER know!!

Betty




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