“We have a 13 year old daughter. My wife feels that readers write section of the Yated is not appropriate for children being that there are adult related issues there. She says that if we have it in the house we shouldn’t leave it hanging around for her to read.
What do you do? “
First of all, I would generally prefer to treat my daughter like an adult, and not stop her from reading a paper which is Jewish in nature. I probably would not stop her from reading any mainstream newspaper. I would however, hope that our relationship was sufficiently open and mutually trustworthy that she would feel comfortable in coming to me with any questions that might bother her about that which she has read. We cannot treat our kids like ostriches, and when we do, it backfires, as they end up feeling stifled. I do not read the Yated myself, so I am curious as to what could possibly be in there that would be objectionable. Maybe I misspeak out of ignorance. What is it in the Yated that you are afraid for her to see there?