Last night he was cracking up all over the place and today I noticed he'd read nearly an entire book. This morning he wanted to share some of the jokes with me... which is when I realized I probably should have read more of the book before letting him buy. Why?
You might want to tell me to lighten up after I share this, but I really don't care for the potty humor or the words like "moron", "stupid", "jerk" and the like. These books are funny... no doubt, but when you have a son who has issues with calling us names anyway, arming him with new tear-down words isn't exactly something I'm up for. There are many poop jokes, jokes about dumb teachers, and dumb kids. I don't know... is it just me or is this potentially a problem?
These books are huge and if you look on places like Amazon.com you'll find they get high reviews from those who've taken the time to provide a review. I don't know though.... maybe I'm just wound too tight, but I really am not loving all the jokes these books share. I think if my 8 year old were a bit older (the main character in these books is in middle school, not in elementary school after all) and not on the autism spectrum I'd be more ok with it??? Maybe? I just don't know for sure that he gets that we don't talk that way. Not at home, not at school, not when playing outside... really not anywhere at all.
I wonder what you think? Do I need to get a life? lol Have you read these books? Have your kids? Let me know!
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I just bought this book for my 11 year old nephew for his birthday, and I had a few minutes so I thought I'd sit down and flip through it. I was laughing pretty hard, and even read some out loud to my 16 year old brother. But then I started to think about the impressionability of an 11 year old and started to think, "What did I buy?!" So I just sent his mom and email giving her a heads up that this is what I'm giving him, and that it is probably something she'll want to discuss with him. My oldest son is only 5, so this book definately isn't for him yet, but I'm wondering, "Would I let him read it?"
I still can't decided. If I did let him read it, though, I'd definately read it along with him and use it as a basis for some values-based discussions.
I took a look at them when they first started to be the "hot thing to read" and decided that for me...for my crew...they'd be a "pass."--- I saw a preview of the movie a few weekends back and that kind of nailed the lid on that decision. The line something to the effect of "You'll either be dead or homeschooled by the end of the year" drew tunked in the last 9penny on that one.
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