> it should be on the parents to provide, or withhold, books from kids when they deem appropriate
It should be on the parents to withhold books from THEIR kids when they deem appropriate. Tell your kids not to read whatever you don't want them to read, but if you try telling MY kids that they can't read something, we're going to have words.
I agree, I think it’s a failure of the system in place that if a parent has gripes over XYZ books, then that shouldn’t prevent everyone from reading it.
The core of my argument is to keep the state out of the decision process on matters such as these.
It should be on the parents to withhold books from THEIR kids when they deem appropriate. Tell your kids not to read whatever you don't want them to read, but if you try telling MY kids that they can't read something, we're going to have words.