Unpopular take: I think the old censorship of "Where the Wild Things Are" was actually justified

Lee Bailey · 2026-04-25T19:10:03.40562+00:00

My mom was a teacher who told me the book would scare kids too much, and after reading it to my nephew last week I saw three nightmares come out of it, has anyone else dealt with a banned kid's book that maybe deserved the ban?

leo_carr134mo ago

3 nightmares in a week @riverg75 is proof enough for me.

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tessa_kelly5mo ago

Three nightmares in one week is pretty concrete evidence. Were the nightmares specifically about the monsters themselves or more about Max being alone and leaving his mom?

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riverg755mo ago

@tessa_kelly those three nightmares say it all. Maybe the old folks were onto something about Max being way too alone in that story.

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