IF your kids are older this book might be more appropriate, however by that point I believe the reading level would be far too low. To be honest, Bart Simpson would be a better role model. He sees what Greg sees and has thereby learned being funny and cool means acting like a cocky, self-absorbed, jerk. Developmentally, my son takes the text at face value. Even though Greg's attitude causes him many problems, Greg doesn't see himself as the issue and my son is too young to understand that very important nuance. I realized, in the book series, Greg is his own hero. My son was absolutely a carbon copy of Greg.
#DIARLY OF A WIMPY KID ACRONYM MOVIE#
However, after I finally sat down to watch the movie with my son the painful truth become undeniable. Thinking this was a stage or some sort of pandemic-related issue, I continued to try to address the attitude without even thinking to blame this book series he has been constantly reading, and re-reading. Flashforward a year or so and we have a 7-year-old with the bad attitude of a full-blown sitcom teenager. Reading a couple of chapters here and there I intentionally pointed out to my son that the main character, Greg, was rude, a bad friend, and not to be copied, but since there weren't any adult themes and social skills have always been a strength for my kid, I never worried too much about it. Excited to support his reading habits we kept buying him books from the series without thought or research. My 6 year old picked up reading quickly and independently got into the Wimpy Kid series.
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