Comments on: 10 Great Books For (Traumatizing) Children

By: Her?

Her? — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:21:38 +0000

Perhaps I’d have to read it in context… maybe not
But I don’t know how I feel about mother’s and father’s love depicted in these photos

By: elfgirl

elfgirl — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:37:01 +0000

Cautionary Tales For Children has some of my favorite poems and you missed the point of i’ll love you forever which i understood at 3

By: Kelly Riley

Kelly Riley — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:22:01 +0000

LOLS!!! Wow, I’ve not read any of these but I HAVE read “I Love You Forever” and boy is that one depressing!

I am NEVER going to read that to my child, EVER, and I probably am not going to let him/her see any of these either.

By: Jason Hummel

Jason Hummel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:17:21 +0000

What about “Der Struuwelpeter”?

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:53:23 +0000

I use two of these books in my reading library with high school students and they love them. The first is Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry and the House that Crack Built. When I discuss individually with students the message of The House that Crack Built they explain that it tells how crack cocaine gets to their communities and who benefits. It is an extremely valuable book. Somtimes My Mommy gets angry has been stolen three times due to it’s accurate portrayal of mental disease. Students love it and relate to it. Glad I teach in a district that does not censor books.

By: totalisbadass

totalisbadass — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:46:05 +0000

Thank god i’m not gay!

By: Blueberry

Blueberry — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:00:03 +0000

@elkaiser: …Hey, that book about the rats sounds interesting! Anyways. Why yeah, german kids do (have to) read that shit when they’re young. At least I did (had to…). I thought for example Struwwelpeter was pretty random and ew, so I didn’t really care that much about it and did never, ever, read it again. …I now begin to think that that was a great idea.

@Topic: Great article, I loved it. One of my favs here! …Altough there are many more traumatizing books for children out there.

By: elkaiser

elkaiser — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:49:59 +0000

Struwwelpeter is really fucking scary. I was traumatized for life after reading it when i was kid.
I also remember reading a book about some 15 rats and one of each rats died of many different ways at every page. EVERY FUCKING PAGE.
Both these books were german. Seriously, is this what german kids read when they’re young?

By: Ryuukun

Ryuukun — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:42:44 +0000

This should be a top 20 since there a whole bunch more of traumatizing books for children.

By: pieeater250

pieeater250 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:43:12 +0000

heh…judith vigna