Friday, March 5, 2010
Mommy Laid an Egg by Babette Cole
At first, I thought this book was harmless because the parents are making up goofy ways to explain to their kids how babies are made. They tell them things like; mommy lays an egg that hatches, a dinosaur drops them off at the doorstep and that some are even made like little gingerbread men. This seemed so innocent until the children decided to explain to the parents how they think babies are made. It is kind of weird that the children are the ones who already know all these things and that they are the ones drawing graphic pictures. Then, when it got to the part that said, "this fits in here", it became a little too graphic with pictures of all the different positions that mommy and daddy can fit into each other. I honestly would be surprised to see a parent actually want to show this to their child. It is one thing to explain the process, but to actually teach them positions and show such graphic pictures would not be okay with me. The book seems to have good intentions in trying to make it easier for parents to talk with their children. However, the pictures that are drawn are unnecessary. I also noticed that not once, did the story talk about when a man and woman are in love they choose to have a baby together. This book makes sexual intercourse seem like an everyday activity that has no sentimental value.
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I have not read this book, but I have only heard doubts about it. It sounds like the book is a little too in depth for children. There are many ways to explain where babies come from without being so blunt. Just from hearing the reviews of this book on multiple blogs I would not want this book in my classroom.
ReplyDeleteI have never read this book but have my wonders to its intentions the author had when writing this book based off your blog. I know as a society we are trying to push the envelope a bit further with talking to kids about drugs and sex. This book doesn’t appear to be an appropriate way to deal with these kinds of issues, in my opinion. It is still children we are exposing this too and although it might be appropriate to talk about sex it, I agree with you that showing sexual positions is a bit overboard. Additionally, I agree that it should be taught to be more sacred rather than some careless act to be exploited. Although, some of the book is innocent, it doesn’t make up for the soft pornographic nature later on.
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