The first thing that struck me as odd was just how ridiculously emotional and imaginative the robots were. There were subtle and not so subtle political overtones in the entire book. However, I, Robot does not stand the same test of time as well as The Time Machine. Wells’ The Time Machine and was more impressed with it now than I was reading it when I was ten years old. After all, rereading books as an adult that one used to enjoy when one was young often leads to profoundly different interpretations and self-learning. Last week, feeling nostalgic, I decided to read it again. I remember thoroughly enjoying the book at the time. I first read Isaac Asimov’s book, I, Robot, when I was sixteen years old. It is also useful for parents to read book reviews of popular books children might read so they get an idea of just how dangerous some insidious ideas can be if absorbed by children during the formative years of their intellectual development. For this reason, I urge parents to read whatever their children are reading and make sure you introduce intelligent challenges to these bad ideas to prevent your children from becoming slaves to self-destructive ideas. There are literally hundreds of very bad ideas being fed to children while their brains are not yet sufficiently developed to evaluate the merit of these ideas and filter out the harmful ones.
Ideas such as, “you are useless”, “you need to respect force”, “you are responsible for other people’s problems”, “you owe the government allegiance”, “the media are trustworthy”, “casual sex is harmless and fun”, “all religions are peaceful and good”, and so on.
Children need protection from bad or infectious ideas. Books contain a wealth of ideas, and while exploring different ideas is a good activity for adults to do on a regular basis, one needs to take into account that children’s minds are not yet sufficiently developed to evaluate ideas morally or logically. One of the most important responsibilities of a parent is choosing appropriate reading material for their children.
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