Child Exposure to Adult Reading Content-

     Personally, for the most part, I believe that children should be able to read whatever they choose.  Intellectual freedom opens up a great selection of novels for children to browse and read.   This is important to me, because it is more likely to attract young readers while encouraging the enhancement of their reading skills.  Having a wide variety of reading material also allows children to be more excited about everyday reading, which in turn gives them an opportunity to become more knowledgeable in certain subjects which hold their interests.  However, this does not meant that I support drastic scenarios, such as the idea of pornographic magazines being displayed at a public library.


                                  

 Just as movies and video games provide labels which advise a recommended level of maturity to their audience, books should follow some sort of rating method that suggests appropriate age groups for each article.  

     Knowing that they are children, it is completely up to parents to decide what restrictions need to be enforced within their personal household.  Some parents choose to raise their children in a liberal manner, while others remain fairly more conservative.  Deciding what reading material is ok for a child’s intellect, is not too much different from determining whether or not the new Grand Theft Auto game is appropriate for their entertainment.   For example, the novel Fifty Shades of Grey, is exposed to children in many public environments including Wal-Mart, libraries, book stores, etc.  I do not see any issue with this.  But, in the instance where a child asks to read this particular book, it would be up to the parent to determine whether or not this book is appropriate to be exposed to their child.