i know i'm probably the last person to give an advice about rising children :P but this one thing you gotta trust me on this one. let your children be children, and give them roald dahl!!! it'll be the one of the greatest gift you give your child.
he's a wonderful storyteller, i really wish i get to see him when he's alive. the way he conjured up his imaginary universes (mind you there are many) will give your children the ability to explore, to dream, and be kids.
the words that they'll read from his books, the worlds they'll enter as they passed through the pages, gosh!!!
they'll get to know matilda, the clever girl, so sweet, with lots of wits. or meet the twits, the strangest human beings you could ever encounter. or know how to identify evil witches :) or meet a boy who could talk to animals, or live in the amazing world of willy wonka!
it would be the greatest gift you could ever give your children, to introduce them to those larger than life characters.
the world that he created where children can triumph over grown-ups who are so close minded and forgot how beautiful alternate reality can be.
my mom didn't give me roald dahl, to be honest, i found dahl myself. i love the way he wrote his words, and until this day, i wish i could be half the writer he ever was. my first roald dahl book is 'the witches' and it left me in awe, i came back for more.
so guys, when you have children, give them roald dahl, let their imagination expand, i read roald dahl, and look how i turned out :)
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