Caidyn Rogers, 9, at right, and her cousin Kourtney Willis, 6, look for books in the Children’s/Youth Services room at the Marion Public Library in Marion, Ind. (Associated Press file)
Re: “Less censorship, more reading,” Nov. 1 Colorado Voices column.
I completely agree with Libbi Peterson’s column about reading and censorship. As a youngster, I devoured books with an appetite for just about any topic I could get my hands on. This was all with my parents’ blessing, although my mother did sometimes complain about some of my choices. Censorship is nothing but negatively reinforced brainwashing. Let the kids read from all genres and then help them understand what they have read. This is the only way to raise them as curious, informed and rational adults.
We had a library for our boys and they were free to read from ours, including the medical texts I had on the shelves, along with science fiction and mysteries.
Let them read. The worst that can happen is they will be smarter for the effort.
Allen Beck, Montrose
This letter was published in the Nov. 8 edition.
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