Growing up as children, parents protect their children as much as they cannot allow them to absorb the negativity and vulgarity of the world, but what happens when they go to school and talk to others children ? Some parents aren't always as protective of their children, letting them know what's going on in the world at a much younger age than others. Teachers, but especially the government, try to correct what they believe is wrong by censoring the content that children can and cannot read. Today, book censorship should not be allowed because children mature at a younger age; they are now exposed to more vulgar content with cell phones than when reading a book like JD Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, or a modern title like the Harry Potter series (American Library Association). Censorship of books should not be allowed as children mature at a younger age; that is, children and adolescents should be able to choose whether or not they think books are too vulgar for their preferences. In the past and today, books have been censored for vulgar language, acts of violence, and sexual content. The books were also censored for being too adult-oriented. The censorship of The Catcher in the Rye is questionable; in my opinion, if I had to choose one reason it would be because Holden was trying to become an adult even though he was still a child. It is halfway between the same world as an adult and a child; uses the same words as an adult but continues to behave like a child (Wiginton). When he wasn't with the people he knew, or the people he knew best, he tried to act like an adult by ordering alcoholic drinks and smoking cigarettes. As a result, Holden, who is only seventeen, uses the modern language that teenagers use today. . For example,…… half of the paper……etc. 2011. Network. 05 November 2013. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." American Library Association. American Library Association, nd Web. 05 November 2013. .Mindlin, Alex. “DILLING DOWN Rapid increase in children with cell phones.” New York Times. The New York Times, March 7, 2010. Web. November 5, 2013. Lukenbill, W. Bernard. “Censorship: What Do School Library Specialists Really Know?” American Library Association. American Association of School Librarians, n.d. Web. 06 November 2013. .Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown, 1951. Print.