I am writing to you in concern for my sixth grade son, Wade, bringing home the book The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. As a mother, I do not want my middle school son having access to this book. It is too old for him because the content is to mature and teaches him misbehaved manners. I want this book banned from all middle schoolers.
In The Things They Carried the author uses inappropriate language. On page 5 it says, "He should've carried her up the stairs to her room and tied her to the bed." My son is in sixth grade and should not be reading about men treating women in that way. I am trying to raise him and teach him how to be a gentleman. In this line alone, he would get the idea that it's right and that he should treat women in
In The Things They Carried the author uses inappropriate language. On page 5 it says, "He should've carried her up the stairs to her room and tied her to the bed." My son is in sixth grade and should not be reading about men treating women in that way. I am trying to raise him and teach him how to be a gentleman. In this line alone, he would get the idea that it's right and that he should treat women in