In Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market” the fruit merely refers to intimacy or personal knowledge of an individual.  Which would be extremely tame by today’s standards.  This could obviously include sexual intimacy, but even the appearance of any personal knowledge would be inappropriate. In today’s society saving one’s self for marriage is not such a popular notion, as it should be.  Rather than simple intimacy instead, the fruit could possibly in today’s society refer to exposure to sexual deviancy.  While I am quite sure there are many people out there who have perverse unhealthy views of sexuality, that is definitely not something that I feel that the majority of society even wants to acknowledge, much less be exposed to.  It is definitely not something that I feel our youngsters should be allowed to explore, especially before they are old enough to know themselves and make an honest decision about what they are truly comfortable with.