Janet and John books trigger warning 😳

Yeah, all that honey could affect his heart y’know 😁

I dislike trigger warnings, but don't see the harm in adapting children's books to suit the times. Children aren't able to understand that some things have to be interpreted through an historical lens - they haven't been around long enough to see times change.

Janet and John books were used when I was at school. I remember their being very boring. I must look out for the Wogan readings.

I think that the being boring and repetitive helped kids to learn to read?
Must look out the Terry Wogan ones, bound to be naughty but nice.

It's only a matter of time for anything in the 1940'-1960's era to have a trigger warning. It's incredible that all of us have managed to reach our ages as well balanced, educated and all round lovely people when we were exposed to such distressing things on a daily basis.

I can see how repetition would help, but being boring would put them off, surely?

I well remember learning how to read with Janet and John books…
The world has gone totally mad….

How fortunate we are that we have no triggers and care nothing for those who have.

They need to get a life these people. Bunch of pervs seeing things that aren’t there.

Coincedently I was looking up Terry reading Janet and John for a friend a few days ago.
I'm still giggling. Wonderful stuff.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8U612YLjHQ&list=PL5TsM3EcuG2aImds3GhlMzq4_qSAS6wcg&index=8

I have the books on cd, they are great.
I loved Terry Wogan.

I learnt to read with the Beacon Readers during the 1950s. I can't remember much about them except that the more advanced ones had stories from the Greek mythology which I enjoyed. I don't think the series carries a trigger warning.

I seem to remember that Janet and John were criticised for promoting gender stereotypes.

My DCs learnt to read with the Oxford Reading Tree series.

I don't know which reading scheme was used to teach the GCs but they all learnt to read quite quickly.

Trigger warnings might be needed for Noddy, Rupert Bear and The Coral Island and tales from the Arabian Nights not to mention Tess of the d'Urbervilles but only for those of a nervous disposition (as Auntie BBC advised).

Doodledog

I can see how repetition would help, but being boring would put them off, surely?

A journalist in The Times gives a trigger warning for boring.
The museum also warns visitors against James Bond, HG Wells,
one book by Agatha Christie.
Books on the 1st and 2nd world wars have similar notices.

What do those of us do whose trigger is trigger warnings.

Anything like that encourages me to read them Galaxy
Years ago, I think it was Ch 4 had films with a risqué red triangle warning, piqued my curiosity so I had to have a look 🙂