Comments on: Disappointment…has a taste, like oatmeal with no salt… http://alisonacheson.com/index.php/2009/10/01/87/ author and creative writing instructor Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:14:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amy Whitmore http://alisonacheson.com/index.php/2009/10/01/87/comment-page-1/#comment-1725 Amy Whitmore Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:27:47 +0000 http://alisonacheson.com/?p=87#comment-1725 OK, so I'm a little late reading this. Should writing for kids/YA be like parenting? My parenting philosophy was: life is full of hurt, disappointment, triumph. My role was to give my kids the basic skills to cope with disappointment and hurt so that when they left home they wouldn't be shellshocked by the "real" world. So I am all for kids reading about disappointing things. Kids are people: they get disappointed. How cruel to pretend they don't, and to not give them skills to cope. That's where the positive endings can come in. OK, so I’m a little late reading this. Should writing for kids/YA be like parenting? My parenting philosophy was: life is full of hurt, disappointment, triumph. My role was to give my kids the basic skills to cope with disappointment and hurt so that when they left home they wouldn’t be shellshocked by the “real” world.

So I am all for kids reading about disappointing things. Kids are people: they get disappointed. How cruel to pretend they don’t, and to not give them skills to cope. That’s where the positive endings can come in.

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