I loved Sex And The City television series as much as the next woman but I'm appalled that Candace Bushnell, the woman who penned the original book, is rewinding the clock to write young adult fiction based on lead character Carrie Bradshaw, entitled "The Carrie Diaries".

Sex And The City was a ground-breaking television series, it gave a voice to a part of a generation of women who had different views on sex, life, motherhood and marriage. Aired on HBO for six series, people fell in love with the characters whose lives culminated a movie on the big screen this year.

Call it provocative, sexy, raunchy and cheeky, the series could not have been aired on regular television networks - a premium cable network was the only place it could be launched due to the content. To air it on even a non-premium cable network required serious editing. The movie carried an R rating for strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language.

So can someone tell me why the children's division at HarperCollins is publishing prequels of this series for teens? Slated for release in 2010, the last thing I want my tween/almost teen daughter to be reading is something that dovetails into SATC stuff. Isn't the logical ending of reading those books wanting to know more?

Talk about milking a franchise. I'm pretty grossed out about this.

We are talking about a show that had to be on HBO before it was edited, and even then it was for older teens Is that really what you want to develop a teen novel for?

If Bushnell wants to write a teen novel, then find new characters. I'd have no problem if this was marketed to ADULTS but it isn't going to be done that way.

I'm not a prude. I completely can see how Sex And The City the televisions series could be a way to open a dialogue with daughter leaving her teenage years behind. I'm not denying it could offer some people that entry into a conversation but I don't think it is something I'll do and it certainly isn't something you do with teens.

Like I said, I love the series. I have all the DVDs and twice kept the final two episodes on my DVR for months. But this is wrong.