Good Wives — Content Guide for Parents
Found in this book
- ReligionSupportingChristian
- Race & cultureBrief
- Gender rolesCentralTraditional roles, Challenges traditional roles
Not found
- Violence
- Scary content
- Profanity
- Climate
- Sexual content
- Gender & orientation
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Religion
PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Good Wives appropriate for a 7-year-old?
The family's Christian faith runs through the story, with conversations and actions built around a simple Biblical faith, and the book is likened to Pilgrim's Progress. Jo takes a mixed-race boy into her school, and the narrator notes that no one else would likely have taken him in; the story also includes a line about serving others regardless of color.
Does Good Wives have violence?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Good Wives have scary content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Good Wives have religion?
Found (Supporting, Christian): The family's Christian faith runs through the story, with conversations and actions built around a simple Biblical faith, and the book is likened to Pilgrim's Progress.
Does Good Wives have race & culture?
Found (Brief): Jo takes a mixed-race boy into her school, and the narrator notes that no one else would likely have taken him in; the story also includes a line about serving others regardless of color.
Does Good Wives have profanity?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Good Wives have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Good Wives have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Good Wives have gender roles?
Found (Central, Traditional roles, Challenges traditional roles): The story follows how each sister deals with what is expected of women of her time, such as marriage, running a home and motherhood versus writing and independence.
Does Good Wives have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
