tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post5112832974030765731..comments2024-03-29T14:02:29.067+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Guidance or Censorship?Steve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-14639246771685960082015-03-11T07:06:52.756+00:002015-03-11T07:06:52.756+00:00Vivian: I certainly agree, but drawing that line c...Vivian: I certainly agree, but drawing that line can be tricky!<br /><br />Ms Moon: Yeah, such decisions are tricky and perhaps never entirely right. If it makes you feel better, that girl's parents were not far behind her on the sidewalk. :)<br /><br />Sharon: Now THAT is an interesting question!<br /><br />Ellen: I agree that we treat nudity with an absurd degree of shame. If it's artistic, as these photos debatably were, that gives it a much higher degree of respectability. But some of these particular photos seemed quite...detailed, you might say, and I can see how parents would blanch.<br /><br />Bug: Exactly! Those Gregor books are very popular with our middle-schoolers.<br /><br />Linda Sue: It's an interesting magazine, though I admit that even as a photographer, I'm left scratching my head at a lot of the artwork.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-34497400484214891862015-03-11T02:54:26.835+00:002015-03-11T02:54:26.835+00:00I would have taken it home, Looks like a lovely is...I would have taken it home, Looks like a lovely issue, but little kids do not need that sort of loveliness...good call.Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-6215522736359093662015-03-10T19:41:48.793+00:002015-03-10T19:41:48.793+00:00You're so right about violence! I read the Gre...You're so right about violence! I read the Gregor the Overlander series of book & there was a LOT of sword play & killing involved. It's aimed at middle school kids. The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-87373840635586563502015-03-10T14:46:01.875+00:002015-03-10T14:46:01.875+00:00I personally dont think nudity is inappropriate fo...I personally dont think nudity is inappropriate for any age. Children learn shame about their bodies and I think that's wrong. They see every other creature naked. Why is human nakedness bad? They see animals having sex so why is being exposed to human sexuality bad (not talking about porn here). nakedness is not an 'adult' thing, it is a human thing. Seeing naked human bodies does not make kids grow up too fast or make their childhood less so. a naked human body is not sinful in and of itself. The fact that we try to hide it makes it so tittilating.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-50057183599722464722015-03-10T14:40:24.941+00:002015-03-10T14:40:24.941+00:00I've thought many, many times about our Americ...I've thought many, many times about our American puritanical roots. I've often wondered how different our country might be if instead of coming to America for religious freedom, our ancestors had come for sexual freedom. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-38010473931646913122015-03-10T13:35:26.268+00:002015-03-10T13:35:26.268+00:00I would have been torn as well. There's a lot ...I would have been torn as well. There's a lot of gray area between guidance and censorship, isn't there? I think y'all made a good decision. I don't know if there IS a right decision.<br />That picture is like the essence of loneliness to me. I WAS that little girl, playing with no one. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-17650210934528644792015-03-10T12:01:34.471+00:002015-03-10T12:01:34.471+00:00kids need to be kids...there will be plenty of tim...kids need to be kids...there will be plenty of time for ADULT stuff later in life.<br />Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475300367665076331noreply@blogger.com