Comments on: Hero (Booking Through Thursday)

By: Real Live Boy Weighs in on Girl Book Debate

Real Live Boy Weighs in on Girl Book Debate — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:02:38 +0000

[...] I posed him the question I raised in the latest Booking Through Thursday post–namely, would he read a book like Anne of Green [...]

By: Superfast Reader

Superfast Reader — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:38:29 +0000

Thanks for commenting, Trish… I can’t say I disagree with you.

By: trish

trish — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:38:47 +0000

Reading this post in Google Reader, my initial reaction was to think of Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys. I’d be willing to bet that lots of girls read both, but few boys read Nancy Drew.

Then I read all the comments, and I want to mention a couple of observations I’ve made:

More women read than men. It’s not bad, it’s just that we’re different. Women tend to be more introspective and like to connect with people, friends, characters. Men *tend* not to have the same need to connect, at least in the same manner that women do. Take, for example, action movies and chick flicks. Many women are up to watch an action movie, but few men can be dragged to a chick flick. Frankly, I’m grateful that men and women are different this way, because if the whole world was made up of women…let’s just say I don’t think anyone would really enjoy it. So I’m glad that there’s men who won’t *crossover*…leave the touchy feely stuff to the women.

By: Ted

Ted — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:11:51 +0000

Anyhoo, we both got off topic (I feel a bit like the drunken guest at Annie’s party) but we did so enthusiastically! I appreciate having a smart and spirited discussions – thanks!

By: Superfast Reader

Superfast Reader — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:11:50 +0000

Ted–I was going to bring this up: “A child who hears English spoken with one accent at home, but with another in their peer group will usually adopt the peer group’s accent.”

By: Brad K.

Brad K. — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:51:55 +0000

Ted, you are right – I seem to have gotten beyond the topic of reading.
http://www.itsaboutmakingbabie.....03/08/233/

I think that the child’s gender role models, and the resiliency of the child’s confinement or freedom beyond those role definitions are set in the pre-school years where the primary influence is one or both parents.

By: It’s About Making Babies! » Blog Archive

It’s About Making Babies! » Blog Archive — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:48:50 +0000

[...] Annie at Reading is my SuperPower posted about her trouble with the current BTT topic, favorite male book hero, “Hero (Booking Through Thursday)“. [...]

By: Ted

Ted — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:07:40 +0000

Brad, Although parents are, of course, influential, people who study this stuff have found that peers are, in fact, more influential with regard to certain behaviors. For example – kids can hate a food despite parents’ best example and strongest urging, but if at a table with a group of children who like it, they will eat it. A child who hears English spoken with one accent at home, but with another in their peer group will usually adopt the peer group’s accent. Kids are subject to many influences, is my point, and conformity or the lack of it is influenced by various groups. Parents are important when it comes to education, discipline, responsibility, and ways of interacting with authority however peers are observed to be more important for learning cooperation, finding the road to popularity, and creating a style of interaction among people of one’s own age. And getting back to the subject at hand – READING! – isn’t it interesting that the choice of what to read crosses boundaries among many of those categories?

By: Superfast Reader

Superfast Reader — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:55 +0000

This is great stuff, you guys–really thought provoking.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:36:29 +0000

I have to agree with you and it’s a shame.