tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429502108670911799.post7616415476395923105..comments2020-08-01T21:51:47.395-07:00Comments on Retro YA: Space Station Seventh Grade by Jerry SpinelliAdam Selzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16068653440362135301noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429502108670911799.post-33092945091256428502012-06-09T16:48:17.129-07:002012-06-09T16:48:17.129-07:00I never thought before about how the "growing...I never thought before about how the "growing up" of YA books--the inclusion of more realistic material--may have had the opposite effect on MG books. <br /><br />I think today's MG books are also a reflection of how much MG culture has changed, though. When I was growing up (Generation X), an 8-year-old could play outside all day, unsupervised. A 13-year-old could babysit. A 10-year-old did her own homework. I walked a mile to school accompanied only by other kids the same age--no adults--when I was 7.<br /><br />Now, the expectation is that until they're around high-school age, kids don't do anything without adult supervision or involvement: not playing, not studying, not even walking a couple of blocks from the bus stop. Kids are much less independent. I have no idea why this happened.Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429502108670911799.post-83653775549951790092012-06-03T13:19:51.883-07:002012-06-03T13:19:51.883-07:00i read this one and its sequel when i was in seven...i read this one and its sequel when i was in seventh grade (so, 1990 or thereabouts), and they was mind-blowing, both as a window into The Minds Of Boys and as a promise that someday a boy might like me even though i was a weird skinny girl who played the trombone.careyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709953854656488309noreply@blogger.com