Is Twilight Appropriate for Young Girls and Tweens?
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Is the Twilight book saga appropriate for young girls and tweens? Parents might want to consider this before letting their kids jump onto to the Twilight bandwagon.
The movie Twilight is PG 13 and pretty innocent barring a few kisses with one party being in naught but panties. As a mother of 3 and HUGE Twilight fan I would stick to that age 13 and up guideline though.
The books though are a different ball of wax. The first book, Twilight is pretty innocent as is the second one New Moon. Yes they have some steamy kisses and passionate longing but nothing is acted out. Some parents might still want to be careful exposing kids younger than 13-14 to that type of reading. While the physical relationship in Twilight cannot progress because of the human/vampire conundrum I think that just makes it all the easier for young girls to think about how those barriers do NOT exist in real life.
The third book Eclipse has one of the characters Bella thinking about sex quite a bit, even going as far as trying to shimmy out of her clothes while she and Edward kiss. There is a lot of description about Edward’s rock hard body and perfect face as well. The book has no sex to speak of but there is much longing for sex.. not something I would be anxious for my young daughter to be thinking about. And I like Sonja Bolle’s description of Breaking Dawn:
In the fourth book, by contrast, the lovers have tons of sex. First, they marry, of course, and produce a fetching baby. But the fourth book answers the burning question about what vampires do with all their free time, since they don’t sleep. It turns out that married vampires have a lot of sex. They are immensely strong, so they end up destroying a lot of perfectly lovely beds, and much other furniture to boot. In fact, their lovemaking is so ferocious that one young married vampire couple teases the newlyweds that they can’t be truly crazy for each other, because they haven’t destroyed enough houses yet.
As an adult I thought the sex could have and should been a bit more graphic after that long wait and a little less silly (aka pillow biting). BUT if kids are reading this same book and estimates say 25 million of these books ARE being read by kids 10 and under… then I think they are not appropriate. Especially inappropriate would be scenes that Bolle did not mention where Bella emotionally blackmails Edward for sex. He does not want to her hurt her again after their initial foray and so she parades around in front of him in skimpy negligees and uses her body to entice him. The last book is very much an adult book in my opinion and in actuality the characters ARE adults by this time. Some of them always were (the vamps). These are young ADULT books…not preteen, teen books.
My daughter is still very young but I would try to keep this series away from her until she was at least 15-16. I see no reason to have her reading about this beautiful man/boy and how much Bella wants to have sex with him and how she uses her body to sway him from his decision to refrain. While it may have some good points, like no sex until marriage even that is portrayed all wrong because all it does is give a foolish reason for teenagers to want to get married… for the sex. I would rather my teen just have sex rather than get married just so they can have sex.
So… the recommendation of this thirty-something mom with 3 kids is that the Twilight movie is okay for kids 13 and up and the first two books are as well. BUT the second two books, IMO, should be put on hold until 15-16 years old and some parental discussions should occur while they are being read. Moms should be reading them too so they get a feel for what their daughter’s might be thinking about sex and relationships.
So what do you think? Is Twilight appropriate for young girls, say 13 and under? Why or why not?
i am a child and i haven’t read the books should i read them???
yes these are only the best books ever and forget what people say bad about twilight it is one of the most intertain books ever and theres nothing rong with a few kisses in the movie cause everyone is going to see/worst in middle school. im 14 and im all for TWILIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Twilight series isn’t just about sex, it’s a suspenseful love story about two people who fall in love but it’s impossible for the two be together, because of what Edward is. It has a lot of suspenseful twists. The love between the two main characters is so real; you wouldn’t believe it’s a book.
I am 11 and I have read all the Twilight books (and seen the movie). I think that as long as the girls 13 – are mature enough then they should be able to read them. Probably the minimum age should be 10 (possibly 9). I love the series and I’m planning to read them over and over again. If you want to read the books then GO GO GO!! THEY ARE AWESOME!!
r u kidding twilight is the awsomest book in history i think it way the heck better than the movie im 11 and im all for twilight i love it and im on my 4th time reading the series goin for 6
i love this movie and i can not wlat 2 the athers come out
i love this movie so bad. and i will love the others that come out. it makes me mad when people talk bad about twilight. i love ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am on the epilogue of the first book,and there seems to be some contact of touching between them….however kids under 9 and 10 without and adult “”talk”" should not read the series.i am around the pre-teen age and i have acknowledged the touching outcome.i do agree if you’ve been in a puberty class and know what it means, you won’t be STUPID enough to do it until you are at least 18(+). this being because young girls can get hurt(boys can hurt girls) if your daughter doesn’t have a period then i would trust her.
i agree
i am a 24 year old mom of a 4 year old daughter.i read the books to my daughter and she has seen the movie.she loves them.there is nothing wrong with any one reading these books.
you are wrong the twilight books dont have any thing that isnt of this world. i have 11 so. well if your daugther have 4 and is reading twilight books is because of edward because he is hot
im 10. i wasnt allowd to watch twilightat first but then she let me watch it. after she saw the kissing scene she band me from watching any twilight movies. i thought that waht she was up against was really DUMB!!!! a few kissses is allrihgt!! if you are a 10 year old and ur parents dont let you watch twilight……
just watch it at ur friends place…. then ur parents wILL HAVE TO LET YOU WATCH TWILIGHT!!
Hi, I’m 13, and i started reading the Twilight books when i was 12. By the time i was thirteen, i had conpleted the series and had really enjoyed them. I have watch both the movies and loved them. I think, that this book is appropiate for young teens no younger that 12 if they feel they are mature enough to repect the books. I don’t think that children under the age of 12 should read the book because of that reason. I first read twilight because my 2 years older sister told me that she enjoyed them aswell. I love this series but they are not respected the way I would like them to be. Stephanie Meyer deserves the credit for these amazing books but should have parents permission before you read them.
Weeelll,
I’m 12 and of course like all other teens/kids I’ve read Twilight series, hated it btw but thats just my own opinion….
The thing about Breaking Dawn that bothered me was the birth scene…Good grief you think your kids don’t know about this stuff?? Ofc we do and if we wanted to have sex we would’ve had it ages ago[or we already have:-s]…
The sex scenes didn’t give me any ideas at all, please, 99% of the kids on earth watch T.V…Hulloooo if anything you should cut that T.V…Thats where they’re getting fowl language and violence and homosexuality from, all of which could affect your kids life much worse then some stupid book that has a few sex scenes!!!
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I’m against Twilight as literature. The writing is horrible and the grammar can be poor. Children learn a lot of English skills from reading and if people, especially young children are only reading twilight then it will show in their writing. (just look at some of the comments)
Yes Twilight is good for a read when you don’t want to think about anything but I would see the series as “a bit of fun” or “fuel for fantasies” not intellectual writings therefore I do not think that they should be given to 9-10 year olds. I think the pg13 is good for the first book and 15-16 is for the others.
i’m 12 1/2 love twilight almost finished the first book and i’m wondering if i should finish the series by the age 13
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I am 11 and i think that the twilight books r fastinating and i luv them, i am heading on my 5 time reading them. Some of these girlz on here r rite they should only be for girlz who r 10 and up (maybe 9.) also i can’t not wait for twilight;eclipse comes out. How bout any of the girlz who luv twilight.
Wow! I love all the comments defending the Twilight Saga! Most of them are written by kids to young to really be able to say something. Others mutter praise, instead of trying to give examples of why the books are actually appropriate, or able to refute the author of this articles well thought out arguements.
And I scratch my head at the parent who says they read the book to their four year old, and even take them. Yes, reading to kids at a young age does encourage them to read, but what happened to reading a four year old children’s literature, like Boxcar Children, or Clifford.
I hold with the author of the article, the series is not appropriate for most thirteen to fifteen year olds. Too many are getting into it because it is a ‘fad’, and parents shouldn’t be strung along. This book is ‘read entire series’ before you let them read it.
I am also sorry to say… I think some of the parents who are saying it is parents choice, are doing so because they let their girls read the first three books, and then the fourth came. I have to say, instead of feeling guilty, realize it isn’t your fault.
im 12. i read all 4 books at age 11. i have seen all movies that came out so far. which is twilight new moon and eclipse. i LOVE it! sum hate it, some love it. what ever… i just cant wait till the next movie(s) movies because they r making breaking dawn into 2 movies. isnt that awsumm????? cums out nov 18 2011 btw. lol. anyways, i love it! but if ur young like me, and want to read and watch it, be mature and able to understand. especially breaking dawn movie cuz evry book reader of breaking dAWN knows whats gonna happen….. lmao. =]
Ok.. im 12 LOVE the movies!!! Read Twilight and New Moon. LOOOVVED them!!!! i agree with all the comments eccept tasha!! geez well who cares about the grammer used in ther books?? well i dont.. the movies and books are AWESUMME!!! as if we all dont know about sex. seriously!!!! lmao! parents have NO idea!!! lol..parents just a little tip… your kids will have sex as they please just talk to them and be reasonable gain their trust and have them know that you trust them!!!!(they will or wil not respect it so just let them fall in LOVE with TWILIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!) make the good choice!!!!!
i read them when i was 9 and kids were reading them when there were 5& 6
Hmnmmm, I don’t quite see your point there, Amber. Do you think it’s a good thing, or a bad thing? If, ofcorse, you don’t mind me asking.
carly i think its fine