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"Is reading to your kids a bedtime ritual in your home? For many of us, it will
be a visceral memory of our own childhoods. Or of the time raising now grown-up
children.
Perhaps it involves a nightly progression through the
Percy Jackson series or
the next
Captain Underpants book. Or maybe there’s a request to have
Room on
the Broom again (and again).
But for some households, reading aloud is not a regular activity. A recent UK
report by publisher Harper Collins found many parents are not reading to their
kids. Fewer than half (41%) of 0–4-year-olds are read to frequently. More than
20% of parents surveyed agreed reading is “more a subject to learn than a fun
thing to do”.
The report also found some parents stop reading to their children once they can
read by themselves. As the
Guardian reported, some parents assume “it will
make [their child] lazy and less likely to read independently”.
Here’s why it’s important to read to your children – even after they have
learned to read."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
