Appropriate for Mature teens?
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Re: Appropriate for Mature teens?
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So, I definitely think mature teens can handle the issues raised in this book.
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Absolutely! And besides, some would have already been exposed to such issues (sadly) in some form or other. Bottom line, I say mature teens can handle this book.victoriasimons wrote: ↑21 Sep 2020, 08:58 Yes, I think it is important to expose teenagers to hard-hitting topics like those present in Kalayla. Hopefully, they can gain an understanding of other's hardships, build empathy and avoid the mistakes of our past generations (racism, prejudice etc.)
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YES THEY CAN, the author included plots that can benefit almost all age groups, given that the characters had different ages and specific plots were assigned to each of them.Eugenia36Nicholas wrote: ↑18 Sep 2020, 07:08 Do you think mature teens can handle the issues raised in the book, or should it be for adults only?
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Well said. Books are definitely a great way to open young minds to the world around them. Some things can be hard to read and learn about. Hopefully, any mature teen readers will also have someone to discuss the topics they are reading about with.Karina Nowak wrote: ↑18 Sep 2020, 16:15 And it only made me more aware of what was going on around me, outside of the bubble that was my family and friends, and I never once felt like I couldn't handle reading it. It opened my eyes to things people went through that I had no experience in. I think this is needed, especially at that juvenile phase where you take yourself way too seriously and don't recognise that your life is actually much better than others, or that the problems you are going through right now that you think NOBODY can EVER understand, that actually there are people out there who have experienced it too and know how you feel.
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Yes! In addition to not limiting their perspective, we could also guide their perspective as well, by allowing them benefit from the contents of books like this.MeganDJ wrote: ↑19 Sep 2020, 00:44 I think the worst things that we as an adult can do is limit a teenagers perspective. It is through these years that they truly start to learn about life in all its aspects, and I believe it is better to be prepared and exposed to such situations than to not be. I think teenagers would benefit greatly from reading this novel.
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Thinking we can Shield them from situations like this, could very well drive them into situations like this.Lucille27 wrote: ↑18 Sep 2020, 14:28 I think mature teenagers understand these situations very well. Also, hiding them from these public is something that I believe, most of the times, works just the other way around. What I mean is that they will face different situations in real life and they have to be prepared. Explaining and trying to make others understand is always better than hiding.