![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Reading books that include silly ideas or that include potty humor allow for a child to connect to their peers in a way that lets them be ‘seen’ by others who find those topics funny,” said Pooja Sharma, a clinical psychologist in Berkeley, Calif. Reading of any sort should be encouraged, and healthy child development hinges on helping children learn to challenge convention, set boundaries and relate to their peers. Kendi is now an Amazon best seller after being criticized during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.īut all this hand wringing about the stories that children are reading misses the point, say child experts. And the book “Antiracist Baby” by Ibram X. An assistant principal at an elementary school in Mississippi was fired after a Zoom reading of the book “I Need a New Butt!” School librarians around the country are reporting that children’s books, particularly those dealing with racism and L.G.B.T.Q. Subversive children’s literature is in the news again for all the wrong reasons. ![]()
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