Is it just me or are children’s books dumbed down these days?

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I grew up with my parents reading little golden books, Bernstein bears books, dr suess and so forth to me.

What I’ve noticed is that books these days seem to have less words period but also very simple words as well.

Granted I don’t remember having any board books, they were all just paper and not sturdy. It just seems books are dumbed down these days. Is it just me?
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Board books are for babies and young toddlers. Lol!

There are plenty of kids books as well that are longer and have more advanced vocabulary and stories.
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You have to search for the good ones. A lot of books and movies today question small children's intelligence and dumb everything down, while using just potty humor to get easy laughs instead of actual humor. Good kids books still exist, you just have to weed through the rest.
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It’s just you. There is tons of books for different age groups. A 6 month old isn’t going to sit through Moby Dick so instead read them a 20 word board book.
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The board books are abbreviated and aren't the same as the paper paged books. My daughter has a couple Dr. Seuss board books and the same books with paper pages and they are shorter. The board books are meant for babies who don't have a long attention span.
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I did not notice that at all.

I did read a Golden book a couple years ago and thought, this crap is sexist. Where’s brown bear, brown bear, lol!!
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I haven’t noticed that.
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It depends what you choose. Board books are for toddlers so they are simple. I think we have a lot more variety today that fall into age appropriate categories.
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It depends on what you choose.
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the board books when my sister was little (born 1984) were pretty simplistic. Mostly the alphabet or numbers. They're designed to allow children the experience of books without the destruction. I don't remember having any board books and my Mom doesn't think I ever had any because I either didn't destroy books or they didn't exist.
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