Here's another sign that our soon-to-be 44th president is hip (and it's not just his suave fashion sense): Barack Obama has been reading Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series with his 10-year-old daughter, Malia.
While "Twilight" skews toward an older teen and adult audience, it's refreshing to know that Obama and his daughter enjoy reading together. (They have both finished the "Harry Potter" series, too.)
As fellow Idol Chatter blogger Ellen Leventry wrote, even other dads enjoy reading "Twilight" because it has allowed them to bond with their daughters about what they believe is the "perfect" guy. Will reading "Twilight" lead Malia to discuss quallities she would like in a future boyfriend? It seems strange to think so, but there is potential as she grows older.
Maybe Michelle will also become a "Twilight Mom" in the future and even Sasha can jump on board--but, only when she's (definitely) older.
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I don't think people should worry so much over adult stories, or any stories. If you are raising your children with the right direction, books give them experience into the minds and actions of teens and adults. I read Gone With The Wind when I was eleven, and twelve, and thirteen, and sixteen, and as an adult I learned something new each time I read it.
It seems to me that if, as a society, we believe it is the responsibility of parents to raise children - and that would almost certainly be the poster "Joey"'s position when it comes to reproductinve rights, the Bible and all other "moral" issues to which the Right stakes claim - then we have to allow that these parents be allowed to raise their children as they see correct. Whether we agree or disagree. I happen to agree that sharing books with our children is a wonderful way to become and stay close. And I know from working with kids that all children mature at different levels and can handle different material. I trust that the Obama's are good and loving parents - they certainly have shown that during the campaign and since - so I do not have any doubt that President-elect Obama is reading material with his daughter that she is interested in and discussing it with her as they read. Blessings and peace to all
Is Twilight really seen as having a "older teen and adult audience"?
I mean, I have read them, and I felt kinda embarrassed about it. :\(I'm 17)
The last book is the only I would find inappropriate for a child of 10 - but none of them are IMO "older teen and adult" books..
What are Republicans so up in arms about? Have you actually read the series? Its message on sex (nay - abstinence) and gender is so blatantly reactionary that the religious right should be celebrating. Ms. Meyer is Mormon, for what it's worth, and these books are more blatantly about her faith than the Narnia series (I liked Narnia, for the record) are about C.S. Lewis' faith.
I hope to God that Barack encourages Malie to look critically of Twilight.
twilight is awesome Go Jasper
I'm Emmett I called it
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