ehind such actions does require overprotective parents to delveinto the taboo field of sexual education. The nostalgic say that children are unready for any sort of tribulation. Informationdesensitizes kids--no longer is right and wrong presented in either a smile or a spanking.Without clear direction and parental authority at home, these nostalgic parents warn thatchildren will grow up to an adult who cannot tell right from wrong. The emerging booksfrom authors like Shalit, who is not even a sociologist, inevitably harm children. Thesebooks have a more insidious message: they equate innocence with ignorance (Paul 62). Aparent overly involving themselves in a childs life is a poor choice, often leading torebellious as the child tries to escape from the bounds placed on him or her. Impacts do exist by removing a kid from outside resources. If a child is guided thoughinterpretation of adult knowledge the child will beready to handle the outside world.Often those like Wendy Shalit mistake the acknowledgement of rape for its occurrenceand chooses the illusory security of ignorance over the equivocal rewards of reality.Women who reject innocence will gain a field of vision free from the modern equivalentsof powered puffs and parasols and downcast lashes (Paul 65) Educated children fare better when released into the world: they have taken the first step.When a protected child is released into the outside world, they have not had theintellectual training to handle the problems adults must face. Plus, overprotective parentsoften have to deal with the rebellion of their kids, a quite ironic result when the childdelves happily into the mayhem which the parents tried so hard to protect the childagainst. The Medveds only allow six hours of G rated videos per week, the oldest childcannot read a book after 1960, and any sort of offending material is turned off. Shouldthe news come on during the familys Sunday drives, the pound parents recount, ourchi...
