Ask the Mom of it's ok for him to just bring in one of the magazines that he keeps under his mattress.

Stupid over protective parents.

child's likely 18 but tell her if they do they won't get the same grades as if he read the assigned book

I would just give him a harder book to read, like a big boring book and make him do his own special paper for it just because it's what the mom wants the mom shall get :p

Why did she ask for an easier book and not one with less profanity?

Some people just never grow up, it seems.

That all depends on what reading level the student is

When I was teaching 9th grade English, I got complaints like that all the time. But my favourite responses came after my warning:of mice and men is required for all 9th graders and does contain some of the situations you are concerned about as well as strong language. "Oh thanks for the warning, but of mice and men is a classic, so I want my student to read that."

Tell her you refuse to give an easier book and find one minus profanity but three times more dull. He will pass but be less likely to tell his mom about profanities next time.

Maybe the parents are retarded and think their child is too young for it, even though he's probably able to vote by the end of 2015!