While we parents should know what our kids are reading, if you have a child who reads a lot this becomes harder and harder to keep up with as they get older. But, as the Adversary knows, you are what you eat. And if he can sneak in a diet of “homosexuality is normal,” he can win our kids over before parents even know a battle is happening. So, what’s the answer? Should we monitor our children’s book intake closer?
In my idyllic and very Christian small town I keep forgetting that even here there’s a spiritual war going on. This past weekend I got a reminder in amongst the books we borrowed from the public library when two titles were pushing the same agenda.
The first was by well-loved children’s author Patricia Polacco about a family with two moms. God’s view of marriage – as being between a man and woman – was represented in the story by a snarling, glaring neighbor.
The second was a chapter book about a girl competing in a TV game show who had two dads.