A Point about that Over-zealous Mother

The point was to be: what is this mother teaching her children? That there are some evil books in this world? (I believe there are no evil books - the evil comes from what people do after reading them.)

How about "Stand up for what you believe in." That's noble, and I cannot disagree with it. "Even when you are ridiculed and persecuted for it." Yep, even then.

Or is she really teaching them this: "If you don't like the answer one authority gives you, then you ask the other one, and then another, and then another; until you get the answer you want. Do not accept no as an answer." Can't wait till those kids grow up, Mom. Remember, if you tell 'em no, they can always ask Dad. And if he says no, they can run away or sue for emancipation. All because you provided them with the example that no doesn't have to be final so long as there is another person to ask.