Reddit mentions of Once

> Maybe it could give them a little insight on how not having their phone, tablet or computer for an hour really isn't all that bad.

I don't think that this is necessarily the message that kids should be taking from this book. When I tell my kids about the Holocaust, I won't be presenting it as if it's something that you should be comparing to your own life, I'll be presenting it to them with books such as Maus and Once by Morris Gleitzman which I read as a child and really enjoyed, because I felt that that also touched on aspects of the Holocaust that are not largely explored, and of course the ever-famous The Book Thief because we all know how amazing that book is.

I think that what makes Maus so important is that it doesn't just explain what happened during the Holocaust and it doesn't just explain what happened during the Holocaust to this person, but it shows how the Holocaust touched this family. It shows that the terrible-ness of the Holocaust didn't end when WWII ended. It's still going. People are still hurting.

I think that rather than teaching kids that there are things far worse than not having their phones or tablets for an hour, we should be trying to get kids to relate to the Holocaust in a different way. I think that this story encourages us to look at things differently and I think kids should understand not that there are worse things than not having their phones, but that there are better things. Look at what these people have done with their lives. Both Art and Vladek, and I guess everyone.

Obligatory:
> "Tell our viewers what message you want them to get from your book?"

> "A message? I dunno... I-I never thought of reducing it to a message. I mean, I wasn't trying to CONVINCE anybody of anything. I just wanted..."