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On the subject about parents needing to control their child's reading and invade their privacy in order to "protect" them from "inappropriate material:

Until I was in....college? At least? The vast, vast majority of the books I read were either a) assigned by my school or b) (the vast majority of my reading) provided to me by my mother.

My mom is a librarian. She filled our rooms with books, picked especially for us. She pointed out books on the shelves in our home library (separate from our bedroom shelves) that she thought we would like. She bought us books for birthdays, Christmas, and just stacks of recommendations. She once paid me $10 to read one of the Cirque Du Freak books because she said I needed "to be exposed to bad literature."

She respected my privacy in room, didn't go through my belongings. She explicitly pointed out to us that she wouldn't know if we took a particular book of the shelf, as long as we returned it, if we didn't want her to know we were reading it. She purposely brought us books that she didn't care for herself, because she thought we might find them valuable or enjoyable.

And if we wanted to read something she thought might upset or disturb us, she would explain why. She wouldn't stop us from reading it - just ask us to check in with her, to talk through it.

And so when I read something that upset or disturbed me, I would go to her. She would listen and talk through it with me.

If she said she didn't think I would like something, or that a book might disturb me, or that she thought I should wait until I was older, I listened to her.

She didn't need restrictions or control to protect me. Because she proved I could trust her.

Controlling kids is never about "protecting" them. It's just about control.

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if i was a robot id make sure i have an inbuilt red LED mode that turns on when im evil and then id use it as a threat whenever im minorly inconvenienced.

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let’s just say tainted grail’s lancelot characterisation is pretty spot on

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Guys i think my baby girl might be evil

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Get you a blacksmith.

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I need people to realize the baby girl potential that Arthur Pendragon has

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Tainted Grail : Fall of Avalon (26/???)

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Tainted Grail : Fall of Avalon (3/???)

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It's really funny to take Spanish with people from different Spanish-speaking countries, because the ones from South American countries are like "Yeah no one uses vosotros, we don't know what it's doing here" and the ones from Europe are like "If you don't give our beloved second-person plural its due respect, the Hounds will find you"

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Mods! Misinterpret her intentional whimsy in bad faith and mistake it for sincere idiocy!

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wow, your pussy is the [remembering I'm in an airport] THERES A BOMB STRAPPED TO MY CHEST ITS GOING TO EXPLODE IN TEN MINUTES

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Holds out my hand. Lets crazy

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How 2 get good at art: evey single thing is connected somehow and if you think about how long enough and / or do enough drugs you can figure out how

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Yeah i feel a little poisoned But i keep on rocking