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Aside from having literally a room or two full of books at home, the regular trip to the library was literally a highlight of my childhood. Piling up the books
by ACow_Adonis 7y ago
Aside from having literally a room or two full of books at home, the regular trip to the library was literally a highlight of my childhood. Piling up the books to take back, and then running around and choosing a new stack to take out, it was a great time.
It's literally free entertainment for children that lets them effectively supervise themselves, and god knows as a parent one can use entertainment for young children.
Plus its an actual constructive skill.
We live in the time with the most access to the most information available and almost no one wants it. I'm constantly blown away that the default position isn't: "Why isn't the human race just constantly reading?".
- pfranz 7y agoEven with all of the content of the Internet, I often still look for a book when I'm digging into a new topic and need to be shown the basics A-Z. It's just too hard to get a complete picture from the tiny snippets people organized for free online. Books paid someone to write something with a specific audience in mind. Often, for things like gardening or pottery, a recent book isn't necessarily more relevant than an old book. Libraries are amazing for things like this.