Why can't reading and learning be part of being a kid? OK I'll admit dorkiness in public, I loved Tom Swift books when I was a little boy. Couldn't have had m

Why can't reading and learning be part of being a kid? OK I'll admit dorkiness in public, I loved Tom Swift books when I was a little boy. Couldn't have had my childhood without reading Tom Swift books, wouldn't trade it for anything. The first book I ever sat down and read front to back was the one with the triphibian atomic car. I was probably about 5. Do not want to hear bragging along the lines of "my first book was the Silmarillion at age 2" but I'm sure this was not a unique childhood experience, especially here.