# Must characters in children's properties be merely vehicles for an ethical lesson?

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**Created:** [November 30, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-characters-in-childrens-properties-be-merely-vehicles-for-an-ethical-lesson/475098 "2008-11-30T21:56:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-characters-in-childrens-properties-be-merely-vehicles-for-an-ethical-lesson/475098/21 "2008-12-01T17:20:52Z")

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> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#):
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> That’s really more of the parents’ problem than Silverstein’s.

Which is my point. But because it requires parents to read, understand, and discuss it, in other words “work,” it should be banned and all copies burnt. 😉

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