There is no freedom of speech in this house. My kids inherited a Winnie the Pooh book, and I felt it was a little too scary. The Heffalump threatened to eat Winnie. To "gobble him up", to be precise. The horrors! Way too scary for my kids. So I decided to cross that line out with a Sharpie. I am ever the over-protective mother.
My kids took immediate notice to the editing I did, and now every time they read it, they scold me for having "colored" in their book. And my husband mocks me for censoring an innocent Winnie the Pooh story.
I don't even know what I'll do when one of them wants to read Naked Lunch or something. Let's just hope they stick to buttoned-up Victorian literature in their teen years!
Ha! I am reading to my kids nightly from Luke 2, and I censor out the part about circumcision every single time (albeit without a sharpie). There is no way I am going to play the 8,000 question game about circumcision with 2 nine year olds, a six year old, and a 4 year old.
ReplyDeleteI am laughing hard at this photo but my daughter (11) thinks it's terrible, both that you censored a book and that you are reading Disney Pooh instead of the original. :-) I used to leave things out while I read aloud to my kids but now that they can both read I can't get away with that any more.
ReplyDeleteI've read some rather 'colorful' Victorian Lit in my time. Might want to be careful what you wish for!
ReplyDeleteI don't know...Thomas Hardy can be pretty racy.
ReplyDeleteOh I would NEVER hear the end of the questions if Pooh's life were threatened. BUT WHY MOMMY???
ReplyDeleteI think it's HILARIOUS that you crossed it out!
Hee hee..I love it..that is so me!!! Victorian all the way..maybe Anne of Green Gables :)!
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I probably wouldn't have edited out the gobbling, but I certainly don't want my children shouting "Ho! Ho!" at women in the supermarket.
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