http://www.thecharlestonobserver.com/2009/09/02/naked-people/ Just looking Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:29:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thecharlestonobserver.com/2009/09/02/naked-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3349 Lindsay Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:29:17 +0000 http://www.thecharlestonobserver.com/?p=4115#comment-3349 LIKED the piece — and couldn't agree more. Children are such remarkable people — and so many well-meaning, overprotective adults don't give them proper credit for it. A well-grounded and sensitively nurtured child can almost always take matters like nudity, death, or even crisis in stride. Just a few days ago, I heard a spot on NPR about several established authors who are writing children's literature about rather dark subjects — like their own childhood abuse & neglect — or the very real tale of a child's wrenching loss of his parents during the 2004 Indonesian tsunami. The guest analyst's contention was that such disturbing stories are beneficial, in that they inspire empathy and stretch their young readers' emotions in new directions …leaving them stronger, better-balanced and with a more realistic world view. Yes, Virginia, bad things can happen to good people. LIKED the piece — and couldn’t agree more. Children are such remarkable people — and so many well-meaning, overprotective adults don’t give them proper credit for it. A well-grounded and sensitively nurtured child can almost always take matters like nudity, death, or even crisis in stride. Just a few days ago, I heard a spot on NPR about several established authors who are writing children’s literature about rather dark subjects — like their own childhood abuse & neglect — or the very real tale of a child’s wrenching loss of his parents during the 2004 Indonesian tsunami. The guest analyst’s contention was that such disturbing stories are beneficial, in that they inspire empathy and stretch their young readers’ emotions in new directions …leaving them stronger, better-balanced and with a more realistic world view. Yes, Virginia, bad things can happen to good people.

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