Rather than ban books, open discussion. Parents who objected to, say, Harry Potter could have questions answered and have reactions formulated before their children read this work. Sometimes reading material to parents at PTA or other interactions could dispel fears often based on rumor and misinformation. Seminars for parents about discussing values with their children, and handling sensitive topics could help parenting and bridge the school to the family. We adults wander about smug in our ability to read or say nearly anything.
Open expression is taken for granted.
Our complacency about freedom could endanger that freedom for future generations if censorship is allowed to keep minds closed and avoid anything more controversial than gruel. Schools should be microcosms of society and incubators of the great ideas to come. Censorship stifles growth and limits the potential of our next generations-we cannot afford to raise children in the dark. The Holocaust was an unspeakable horror,and accounts of it may cause nightmares, tears, and anguish, engender anger and even fear that such a thing could happen again. Never forget, either, that censorship of what children and adults could read was one of the early ingredients in the social machine that produced a Holocaust.