Coloring Your Kids World?

Just in time for the 11th anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy a US publisher has a new book for your kids. Wow, is it just me or isn’t this a colossally bad idea? A 9-11 coloring book? Really! They try to make it seem a little better by saying it’s got a PG-13 rating……but that doesn’t help. The 13 year olds I know don’t color with crayons anymore. We all know it’s the smaller children who do. They are touting this book as a “teaching tool”. Is this how you want to tell you kids about evil people doing evil things, putting in full graphic detail, crash sites and the face of Saddam to color?


To make matters worse, get this, the book includes terrorists trading cards for your kids to share and trade! How lovely. The publisher says it’s to “name and shame” them. Granted this isn’t the first time terrorists trading cards have made print. It was a bad idea then and still is now. And, exactly, how are trading cards shaming them?

The publisher, Wayne Bell, of St. Louis-based Big Coloring Books, Inc., says, "We don't take a position on the books we publish. We publish books based on readership”, he adds. "We publish books that readers buy."  Read more…… http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/9-11-coloring-book-features-terrorist-trading-cards-204300629.html

So, it IS just about the money…….