Should children be protected from controversial books? -- School libraries and curricula should not focus on books that include violence and pornography -- Schools are the ideal place for controversial topics to be addressed -- Parents should work to restrict what schools and libraries present to children -- Parents should restrict only what their own children read -- Should certain kinds of reading material be restricted? -- Books condoning homosexuality should not be offered to children -- Sexual orientation is an important part of the elementary school curriculum -- Parents should challenge books containing inappropriate language -- Anatomical names for body parts are not offensive -- Reading about obscene or frightening reality is harmful to young people -- Authors of young adult books have good reasons for depicting gritty but realistic events -- What are some alternatives to banning controversial books? -- Editing the N-word out of Huckleberry Finn makes the book accessible to more readers -- Editing Huckleberry Finn does a disservice to students -- Discussions of evolution should be flagged or blacked out from science textbooks -- Flagging evolution materials inappropriately promotes one religion over others -- Parents should help kids find alternatives to inappropriate readings -- Facts about banned books.
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