Ok. I’m not an expert or anything but one basic thing as a parent I do understand is to let kids read what’s age appropriate. P is almost 11 now and it seems that all her classmates have read the entire Harry Potter series long before her. Well…. I dint let her. I havnt read it myself but what I understood from someone who has read it that basically Harry is 10 in the first book and each book sees him grow by a year. Which means by the time you get through 7 books, he’s 17. Which also means there’s going to be stuff in the book which is appropriate only for those ages. Even conceptually it will be difficult for younger kids to understand. But I see parents of 8 year olds proudly saying that their kids have read the entire series. So what next?

I’m all for children reading and all but seriously? Do you have to expose them to everything at such an early age? No wonder kids are maturing earlier now and growing up much faster than even we did! They should be smart no doubt but over smart? I heard about 10 year olds reading hunger games and they are not pretty! Why in world would you like your children to be exposed to such gruesome violence at such a young age? Doesn’t that have ill effects on the mental health of the child?

Why don’t parents go slow? Why are they in a race to show off that my child has read this and that? Call me old fashioned but I’m certainly not for it. Btw…. P has only read 6 HPs. I had told her only 1 a year since last year but now she’s insisting on the 7th earlier. Let’s see. Maybe I will give in. But will make her wait at least another couple of months. She got the last book on New Year’s Eve.

I understand the world is going faster than ever before. Kids are exposed to so much more anyway than we were. So why not try and limit them as much as we can. After all they will grow up one day. Why take away their innocence sooner than needed? Today’s article has more questions than answers but I truly fail to understand this madness. Parents please take a chill pill and let the kids grow at their own pace.