Serials and Juveniles
HAVE always regarded Freedom from Serials as-important as the other four, but since the arrival in the household of a serially-minded 10-year-old I have become almost attached to my chains. Hitherto I have been on the side of those who deplore the serial-habit in children, not only on the grounds of sensationalism but because (as I thought) it encourages in the child a
passive attitude, the attitude of being entertained. But I have revised my views. There is nothing passive about young John listening to Windjammer or The Golden Boomerang, and any lingering residue of sensation is worked off the next day in the wildly dramatic games inspired by the story. The Search for the Golden Boomerang sounds very much like the sort of thing our generation read in Chums at the same age, and from the health point of view it is probably preferable to take your quarter-hour ration twice or three times a week than strain your eyes poring over small print for hours at a time. There can certainly be no question of straining the ears when the Golden Boomerang’s big chief can be heard in the furthest corner of the house.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 499, 14 January 1949, Page 20
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198Serials and Juveniles New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 499, 14 January 1949, Page 20
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