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Can You Teach Taste To Kids?
"If we want to be part of our children's aesthetic world, then why do we equivocate about bringing them into ours? We wall off grown-up culture behind a barrier of ratings, warning labels, and vigilant software. We leave it to educators to filter the arts for consumption by the allegedly innocent. We are terrified of exposing children to material they might not understand, whether because it's too crude or too complex. In the process, we shortchange the kids we are trying to protect." New York 08/03/08
"If we want to be part of our children's aesthetic world, then why do we equivocate about bringing them into ours? We wall off grown-up culture behind a barrier of ratings, warning labels, and vigilant software. We leave it to educators to filter the arts for consumption by the allegedly innocent. We are terrified of exposing children to material they might not understand, whether because it's too crude or too complex. In the process, we shortchange the kids we are trying to protect." New York 08/03/08
Posted August 4, 2008 10:59 PM
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