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Fantasy books such as Game of Thrones can damage children's brains, head teacher says
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Fantasy books such as Game of Thrones can damage children's brains, head teacher says
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2016-05-09 23:55:23
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/06/fantasy-books-such-as-game-of-thrones-can-damage-childrens-brain/
>A private school head teacher has urged pupils not to read Game of Thrones books, claiming they can damage their "sensitive subconscious brains".
>Graeme Whiting also said fantasy titles - such as Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games and Harry Potter - "encourage difficult behaviour in children".
>He told parents to steer clear of the "mystical and frightening texts" and they should instead read classics such as those by Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley and Shakespeare.
>Writing on his blog, Mr Whiting - head of the independent Acorn School in Nailsworth, Gloucester - said fantasy books can be bought without a "special licence", despite damaging the "sensitive subconscious brains of young children".
>"I want children to read literature that is conducive to their age and leave those mystical and frightening texts for when they can discern reality, and when they have first learned to love beauty.
>"Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games, and Terry Pratchett, to mention only a few of the modern world's 'must-haves', contain deeply insensitive and addictive material which I am certain encourages difficult behaviour in children; yet they can be bought without a special licence, and can damage the sensitive subconscious brains of young children, many of whom may be added to the current statistics of mentally ill young children.
>"Buying sensational books is like feeding your child with spoons of added sugar, heaps of it, and when the child becomes addicted it will seek more and more, which if related to books, fills the bank vaults of those who write un-sensitive books for young children!"
>"Children are innocent and pure at the same time, and don't need to be mistreated by cramming their imagination that lies deep within them, with inappropriate things."
>"Beware the devil in the text! Choose beauty for your young children!"
Is he right?
