What is an inappropriate title for a children’s story?
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. . .here are my thoughts.
What is an inappropriate title for a children’s story?
Elf on the Shelf. I suppose an idea that’s taken off like gangbusters—making the authors millionaires in the process—can’t be considered inappropriate. What is or isn’t inappropriate, after all, is dictated by the majority. Not believing in a deity that no human has ever met, might seem perfectly appropriate. That is, until you’re sentenced to death for heresy—as people throughout history have been. Fortunately, that would never happen today … except in Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Being an atheist—in the year of our Lord 2022, no less!!—can still get you executed in these 13 countries. Sorry, what was I saying? Oh yes, Elf on the Shelf is an inappropriate title. It’s dictated that kids can’t touch the elf, lest it can no longer execute its magic. But tykes don’t listen! Put a toy—especially one said to personally know Santa—high up on a shelf, and you’re destined for broken arms and cracked skulls when kids return to the ground with a thud. Should be called Elf in a Pup’s Mouth.
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