Banning Books

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A student goes into the library and decides to look for the book he needs to get for his class. He looks for hours trying to find it. He finally goes and asks the librarian where it is, but she gives him his worst nightmare. The book was banned by one of his classmates' parents as they thought it was inappropriate for their kid. This is happening all over the world because people are banning books that they think are unsuitable for their kids to read. There is so much information that a book can give, and if kids want to read it and gain more knowledge, they can’t as it is unavailable to them. Books should not be banned because it restricts kids from obtaining new knowledge and doesn’t allow them to see other perspectives and ideas. First, …show more content…

But if books are being banned, these choices are being taken away so kids can’t learn (“Book Bans: What to Know 4”). If you ban books, children cannot learn new topics that have not been introduced to them. Kids need to be open-minded about these things. They should be able to read about what they want to read and if a parent does not like that, they can restrict their child from reading it, not everyone else. These choices are a big deal in these children's and teens' lives. It can affect their mindset by not letting them learn more interesting subjects. Because of these things I mentioned, kids should be able to learn new knowledge and not be restricted from it. Banning books doesn’t allow children or teens to see other perspectives and ideas. On the contrary, opponents contend that some content is inappropriate for kids so they should not read it, but this is not always true. Experts say, “Parents may control what their own children read, but they don't have a right to restrict what books are available to other people. Parents who don’t like specific books can have their kids opt out of an assignment without infringing on the rights of others. ” (“ProCon.org

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