Kids' books most likely to be banned

Wouldn't it be nice to live in the world where, at the slightest suggestion of real-world sex or violence, parents didn't scream bloody murder about inappropriate content in school libraries?

Sadly, despite it being 2011, we don't yet live in a society free of intolerant folks who turn up their nose at a book that features homosexuality or talks frankly about drugs.

I don't know if I've got this right, but I'd like to think that school book banning happens less in Canada than it does in the United States. If anyone has statistics that prove or disprove this, I'd love to see them.

Thanks to tweep @redheadwriting, I spotted this awesome infographic on The Good. While it shows the books most likely to prompt parent complaints in the United States, I think it's still worth a look for Canadian readers.

Please check it out and let me know what you think in the comments.

To get a better look, view it in interative mode on The Good Website.

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Push-ups for 7-year-olds?!!

I was pretty flat-chested at 13. At that age I was in a minor panic that I'd NEVER sprout breasts and that I'd continue making walls jealous for years to come.

But I sure didn't care when I was seven.

I've got a lot more to stay about girls and esteem in an upcoming blog post, but a story we have today just begs for comment.

Ever-spotlight-grabbing Abercrombie & Fitch's latest move is to market a padded bikini top to girls 7 to 13.

This follows the company famously selling sexy T-shirts that say "Who needs brains when you have these?"

I hope the group of spunky kids who launched a "girlcott" against the company get a groundswell (no pun intended) of support.

As moms, let's just remove the store from our list of back-to-school shops until they do better.

READ MORE ABOUT THE PADDED BIKINIS HERE.

READ ABOUT MORE THINGS THAT HAVE PARENTS TALKING IN THE MUMMY BUZZ BY ERICA EHM.

 

 

Cute kid quote of the week

Cameron, 7.5, has already hit that stage when he doesn't want any sort of embarrassing kiss or hug goodbye on the playground (*sob*). Now I'm lucky if I can get a nanosecond of eye contact before he runs into the school. He's a loving boy, but he doesn't want his 3-yr-old brother's many declarations of affection to get too mushy or embarrassing either. So Cam has been meeting Alister's "I love yous" with various iterations of "ditto."

Alister: "I love you, Mom."

Cameron: "I say that too."

Alister: "I love you, Cameron."

Cameron: "Same thing expressed previously."