I just finished a good reference book called "What Stories Does My Son Need?" - a guide to books and movies that build character in boys. For the most part this short book just confirmed what I already believe - the books and movies that children read/watch shape their character and moral values. A quote from page 2, "A decade of research into brain development and the media confirms that until a child's brain develops fully, it is imprinting, modeling and performing based on imagery it takes in from all social sources, including the media...Especially until about age sixteen, the greater the exposure a boy gets to stimuli that do not teach compassion and self-restraint, the more difficult it becomes for him to learn such things." He strongly urges parents to closely oversee the books and movies that their boys have access to. He then goes on to list 100 books and 100 movies that he recommends, with their plot line and a few discussion questions. I take my opinion even further than he does. Books and movies have an effect on your belief system and behavior all your life. The old garbage in - garbage out effect.
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Where did you find that book? Sounds like a good one!
I got it from the library - and still have it out, but you could reserve it. Now the question is - do I copy out all the suggestions? All 200 of them! Or buy the book myself? Hmmmm...
Is this a Christian author? I guess it depends if you're going to use it as a reference book regularly. Sounds like a great read. You can always 'sell' it to the CHEK library. Sounds like it would be a great addition to that. I'm trying to organize all my recently acquired books right now. I feel overwhelmed with all the books I want to read all at the same time!!
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