Is Twilight inappropriate for a 10 yo?

[2girlsmom]

I will admit that I read the entire series, and then willingly handed the first book to my 9 year old (at the time, she is 10 now) last year at the beginning of the school year; she is a mature and independent girl, who finished Twilight and has expressed zero interest in reading any more of the series at this time; as she found the relationship between Bella and Edward annoying. She did like the movie, well, actually, she liked the Twilight movie, got bored halfway through New Moon and stopped watching (before it even got to the good part, which I don't get at all, as New Moon was WAY more entertaining that Twilight as far as the movies go). She says she wants to rent New Moon again and then go see Eclipse, and I will probably allow that one, too. She's got a crush on Taylor Lautner, which is the main reason she wants to see them at all, though, and she fully gets that the relationships are not reflective of what real love is. For that matter, I would agree with the assessment that the books are very similiar to Harlequin type books with vampires/werewolves, and I started reading my mother's Harlequin books when I was 7 years old, so I can't imagine telling my daughter she CAN'T read them.

 

[npmommie]

so I asked my DD13(she will be 14 in sept) if she felt the books were inappropriate for a 10 year old and here is what she said: " the first 2 books are fine, the 3rd book is not a good choice for most 10 year olds, the last book is very inappropriate for a 10 year old". I also asked her about the Twilight movies and she said that there is no problem with the first two but, Eclipse (the one that just came out) is not for 10 year olds and when the next one comes out(she is guessing based on the overall pattern of the books and the other movies) that it would be a definate NO for a 10 year old.

She told me the reason she feels the books/movies are inappropriate for younger kids is because of the "sexual content" and language.

* I asked my DD because I figured it would give you a better idea of what a child thought of the books/ movies, I hope it helps.

**oh, and I told my DD that our neighbor took her 9 year old DD to see the newest movie (Eclipse) yesterday and my DD's response was "mom, are you kidding me, wow, that is just a way inappropriate movie for T____ to see".

LOL, your dd said the exact same thing our town librarian said yesterday when I picked up the book
I decided to read it myself first. I don't like to censor, but I also don't want to hand her something with subject matter that is too "grown up" for her.

so she picked up a book from the Warriors series ( those books about cat clans or whatever they are LOL)
and said she will read that while I read Twilight. I have to say I started Twilight yesterday and read a little, I can tell it will be an interesting fast read