Ability vs. Maturity

I was a big Calvin and Hobbes fan as a child, and Cora has enjoyed my book collection in recent years. Violet is reading them now, though Stace and I have been reminded of the truth that you might be old enough read, but not mature enough to handle the material.

Violet loved the Sunday strip with Calvin dreaming that Santa Claus has changed his parameters for doling out Christmas gifts - it would be the naughty girls and boys getting the goods.

In a rhyming poem, Santa humorously advises children how to earn gifts that year. 

Violet loved it. She set to work copying the verses with her special glitter gel pens, and pinning them to her wall.

In the end, she came up with her own fourth verse. She finds it hilarious, and kept repeating it, while cracking up.

While we see the humor, we've advised her to stop reading Calvin and Hobbes until she is a bit older.