[OLA-IF-News] FOR DISCUSSION - Why you shouldn't censor your teen's reading (even the sex and violence). WAPO article

[Perry Stokes]

"The long-term nature of reading means that studies on how content affects
teens (or anyone else) are scarce, but Stetson University psychologist
Christopher Ferguson says research does suggest that we can chill out when
it comes to what our kids are reading.

 

Ferguson's small study of teens in one Texas city looked at whether reading
banned books was associated with behavioral problems in adolescents. The
answer in that group was no, with the exception of a small subset of kids -
mostly girls - who may have been struggling already. 'Some kids who already
have mental health issues may be particularly drawn to certain kinds of edgy
books,' he says. He advises parents to check in with their teens to
determine whether they're depressed or anxious and to ask why they're drawn
to the books they're reading. In such cases, he says it's likely that 'the
problem is not the book, but something preexisting.'"

 

SOURCE:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/why-you-shouldnt-censo
r-your-teens-reading-even-the-sex-and-violence/2020/02/03/00ef2416-3ed8-11ea
-baca-eb7ace0a3455_story.html

 

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