On the terribad "darkness" of YA literature
Ok. so someone has written a “won't you please think of the children” article about the terrible terrible darkness and drama of YA fiction And won't we allll please think of the children.
Life is dark.
Life for many teens is also dark.
Closing your eyes and pretending it's light really doesn't stop you running into things. It doesn't help guide you through the darkness. It doesn't give you a hand or a direction. It doesn't turn on a light or show you the way or help you hold on until it gets lighter.
You think teens don't know these things? You think teens don't live these things? Do you think teens live in fluffy little boxes where all is summary and light and shiny? Do you think teens don't live with drug addiction, with self-harm, with mental illness, with eating disorders with suicide, with pain, with suffering, with fear, with grief, with loss?
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Life is dark.
Life for many teens is also dark.
Closing your eyes and pretending it's light really doesn't stop you running into things. It doesn't help guide you through the darkness. It doesn't give you a hand or a direction. It doesn't turn on a light or show you the way or help you hold on until it gets lighter.
You think teens don't know these things? You think teens don't live these things? Do you think teens live in fluffy little boxes where all is summary and light and shiny? Do you think teens don't live with drug addiction, with self-harm, with mental illness, with eating disorders with suicide, with pain, with suffering, with fear, with grief, with loss?
The rest of my thoughts continue on the blog. clicky clicky