LaneLaneyLane t1_je44uz5 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 7:51 AM

Reply to comment by kityone in TIFU by accidentally giving my nephew a book about a little girl killing her family members by AustinLVII

Haha. I read IT when I was 13ish and was not expecting the fucked up sexual content of that book. (Except to be honest it didn’t really affect me at all.) there’s also plenty of books for 10 year old that 7 year olds read full of murder and fucked up things. I reckon the kid is fine. If I was the sister I would have made sure the kid was okay and laughed it off.

kityone t1_je4n23o wrote on March 29, 2023 at 11:51 AM

I think reading that stuff as a kid did desensitize me to sexual content in fiction. But didn't affect me in real life circumstances. Same probably goes for the kid, heaps of books, shows and games feature death, doesn't mean he's suddenly going to turn violent, just means he'll get used to seeing that stuff in fiction.