Reading to ones kids certainly correlates with good outcomes for kids but as far as I'm aware it isn't causal. The problem is that as soon as a piece of parent

Reading to ones kids certainly correlates with good outcomes for kids but as far as I'm aware it isn't causal. The problem is that as soon as a piece of parenting advice becomes known all conscientious parents will start doing is disproportionately more and it will suddenly become correlated with good outcomes whether it was before or not. I believe that in this specific case, though, most of the correlation is through the nature rather than the nurture pathway. But obviously reading together is a good in and of itself, regardless of its effects on life outcomes.