It should not matter what children read. As long as the material is noot vulgar and the child is not sitting in front of a video game. America advises children to read books before they watch TV but when the deed is being done, Harold Bloom has something negative to day about it. He believes that reading J.K. Rowling’s boks only prepares children for reading Stephen King’s books and to Bloom these two authors “just can’t write”. Although Bloom is passionate about this claim, where is the evidence to support it? Are there any statistics that show that children who read J.K. Rowling go on to only read Stephen King? Until this man can provide a percentage rate, I am not convinced. I personally have read three of Rowling’s books when i was younger and i have not yet to pick up a book by Stephen King and either do i plan to do so. So his beliefs can not possibly pertain to everyone.Parents should not discourage thier children from reading Rowling’s books. If they were to do so one of two things could happen;the child is not going to read anything or the child is going to sneek and read the book anyway. Todays youth is blinded by the internet and video games and the fact that a child is even thinking about picking up a book should be praised. It should not make a difference wheather the author is J.K. Rowling or Stephen King or Edgar Allan Poe.
