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If parents read books, than child would read also. It is like imprinting: child catches reading behaviour and imitates it. If parents do not read books but play
by ordu 9y ago
If parents read books, than child would read also. It is like imprinting: child catches reading behaviour and imitates it. If parents do not read books but playing with smartphones and tablets, than child will not read books. It is simple at the first glance, but the problem is: if parents do not like reading, than it would be hard for them to show their child how they enjoy reading books.
And one more point. Maybe I'm wrong, but AFAIR child inclination to read is created from early childhood, so parents should show their reading enthusiasm to 1-2 years old child and older. Showing enthusiasm is not like "let me read to you", its like "of course I would play with you, but let me finish my book first". Reading to a child is also good, but it is not enough, because it shows behaviour "to read to a child", not "to read an interesting book for pleasure of reading" and not "to prefer book over video game".
- Izkata 9y agoIt's not really that simple. My parents tried it this way with me and my bothers, and I didn't care about reading until years after they stopped. One of my brothers also started reading on his own several years after me. What we both needed was to find a topic and genre that touched on other interests we already had.