10 Things Parents Should Know About Twilight 

OMFG!!!!! ARE THEY OUT OF THEIR FUCKING MINDS???!!!

Bella is a "good girl"? theres no sex, boys like it too??? these people are deluded!!

Yeah Bella doesn't do stupid crap like other teens, but thats because she has no life! her world is constantly revolved around being a loner, and Edward. There is sex in the 4th book and from what I heard it was really graphic. and probably the boys that love it are Gay. C;mon world

It's not graphic at all. Give it a shot. Not going out drinking, partying, and smoking is a good thing.

Bella is kind to her friends?! LMAO!

^^ What are you talking about? The fourth book is REALLY graphic! With the sex scenes and when Bella is giving birth... it was actually kinda disturbing

Breaking Dawn was far from graphic.

^I agree. The sex scenes weren't graphic at all, thank god, and the birth scene wasn't too bad. I mean, it was kind of graphic, but nothing compared to some of the violence in Harry Potter.

This was directed to normal parents, right?

Coz my parents would totally flip out if they ever read Twilight.

I think they watch too many Saw movies. x]

'Twilight isn't just a chick thing' *explodes with laughter

I'm not a chick

Not counting YKI I know at least two male Twilight fans.

I think Twilight is just as much a "chick" thing as Harry Potter is a "dude" thing.

^ I agree, although I've always been a bit of a tomboy.

I don't think hp is a dude thing at all or a chick thing its for everyone

I don't know any male twilight fans.

I apologise for my navieness.

^^That was my point. Harry Potter isn't a "dude" thing- it appeals to everyone. Just like how Twilight isn't a "chick" thing- it appeals to everyone too.

bri-marie: That's true. I'm a HP fan and I'm a girl. And I know some straight guys that like Twilight.

^^ Hmm but I think the difference is that Harry Potter was meant to be for everyone. I don't think that while Stepheine Meyer was writing Twilight she had anyone but teenage girls inmind.

These parents are really annoying. I would hate to have one of those for my mum. Besides, how did they not manage to pick up on Bella avoiding all freedom of choice and equality and becoming a little 1940s hausfrau for Edward? ...
"Once they are, they will LOVE the Twilight saga!" This annoys me. For a start, why would you read it to a five-year-old? How would a five year old understand about sex and chagrin...oh my God. But how do they know their children will even like Twilight? Maybe they'll grow up to like classic literature, or be awesome Potterheads, or like something completely different.
Bella cares about people? No. The only person she cares about is Edward. When people like Mike or Eric or whatever tried to be nice to her and make her feel welcome, she brushed them off comparing them to "dogs", and she left her whole family and "friends" for Edward. She's horrible to her dad, as well. She is obedient? Right, that's probably why she ran off to Italy with a gang of vampires. She's hardly kind to her "friends" when she left Jessica terrified when she went off to talk to a group of scary men with bikes? Right.
"Your kid might fall head over heels with a fictional character! But that might not be a bad thing!"...Uhm. What? Yes, yes it IS.

^^Neither Smeyer nor Jk wrote with anyone in mind.

How do you know children will grow up to like ice cream or the color pink? You don't, but that doesn't mean you should never get them an ice cream cone or a pink shirt. Would you read Harry Potter to your children at a young age? But what if they don't like it?

It is very possible to like classic literature AND Twilight.. It's also possible to like Harry Potter AND Twilight, which should be known to all by now.

Bella has never expressed hatred to Mike or Eric. She was kind to them. All she did was deny their romantic gestures. Unless you want her to be a slut or a Ginny, then turning down a date or a dance invite is fine.

I always figured the dog remark was a metaphore, since Jacob turned out to be a literal dog. Bella had a similar relationship with Jacob as with Mike and Eric, but not as intense. Mike was a dog like Jacob, but not as intense of a dog. It never seemed like an insult to me, unless comming from a vampire. Edward didn't like mike, but not as intense as the vampires didn't like the wolves.

Not everything you do should be for your friends and family. Sometimes you need to do something for yourself.

And no, there's nothing wrong with falling for a character.

^ My dad read HP to me at a young age and I turned out perfectly fine :P

Oh, and the chargin thing... I don't know where this applies to Twilight, but any kid who's ever tripped or dropped their lunch tray in thr cafeteria would understand.

That is the point I was making.

... Going back on the whole guys who like Twilight...

Every guy in my 6th grade class liked Twilight. They used to split themselves up in dodgeball teams using Twilight teams. I would have been pissed if it wasn't totally funny.

thats hilarious O_o

@Cassie: The point I was making, or trying to make, was not that you shouldn't try to find out what your children will like. Of course I will read the Harry Potter books to my children, but if they don't like them there's always an orphanage nearby...no, I'm joking, of course it's fine if they don't like Harry Potter, they can like whatever they want. It's just I think the statement "They will LOVE Twilight!" was just a little arrogant and presumptous. They will love whatever they love, you can't decide or make choices for someone else.
By the way, I know you can like classic literature/Harry Potter/anything, as well as Twilight. I was trying to point out that the child may favour them, or prefer them, or just generally like these other books and dislike Twilight. Their parents shouldn't presume to know what they will or will not like.
I really, really don't see how Ginny is a slut. She went out with about three boys - Dean Thomas, Michael Corner, and Harry, whom she married - during her teenage years. Teenage girls will have boyfriends, and I think three is quite a small amount of relationships to have, especially for a teenager. She was never seen to be openly affectionate with any of them either, except Harry of course, whom she was truly in love with for years. She went to the Yule Ball with Neville Longbottom because he was her friend and, unlike Bella, she didn't consider herself to be above him. I actually find Ginny to be quite a kind girl. She is talented in her later career, a good mother, and frequently hangs around with Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom, who are both considered outcasts in their own way at first, before they are truly appreciated. I hardly think Bella would even give them a second glance.
I also don't see how Bella was ever kind to Mike, Eric, Tyler etc... Making the remark that someone was "like a dog" when they were trying to welcome you and show you to your classes will never be kind. It sounds increasingly arrogant. She turned down their invitations etc. in quite a rude manner, too. She joked about Mike with Edward, which was very unkind, and even got annoyed when Tyler apologized for hitting her with his van, which was kind of her fault anyway? Yes, right, would you have preferred him to be an arrogant idiot like Edward and walk on by without so much as a backward glance when you're lying in a hospital bed in a neck brace?
Loving fictional characters isn't bad, no. I personally love pretty much everyone from Harry Potter - I frequently wish that characters such as Luna, Neville, Lupin, Hagrid, Ron, Harry, Hermione, Fred and George etc., were real. Being "head over heels", which to me signifies obsession, is wrong. When you're bored or annoyed or feeling empty it is so easy to slip into a wonderful fantasy world and these characters become real to you. It is not right to have them take over your real life entirely, like girls who turn down boys because they don't sparkle or something.

How was it Bella's fault she almost got hit with a van? she was standing next to her truck ans he lost control

^ Was she? I'm not sure if I remember that bit correctly because it's been a while since I read Twilight. I thought she wasn't watching where she was going and he pulled out and then Edward leapt over but not in time to stop her getting hit? ... Well, I suppose you're the expert, so apologies if I'm wrong.

For the record my mom loves Twilight Saga , she have seen the movies more times than I did , and of course read all the books.
Maybe some moms didn't have the sex talk or something like that if they would flip out if you read the book.
and i-am-mariella she was simply standing next to her truck , she wasn't walking.

My mom never gave me "the talk". :L

She just gave me this Internet link.

Well for me watching with my mom movies like No Strings Attached(watch trailer if you want to know why i gave it an example) there isn't any awkardness , so why would it be with Breaking Dawn ?It's not like Twilight Saga is the only movie with mentioning of sex...watch Spread with Ashton Kutcher and then talk about sex in Twilight.