> get them to read. Any book. We now have a 20-year long large-sample test : lots of kids (then) read only Harry Potter books. Did they turn into readers of ot

> get them to read. Any book. We now have a 20-year long large-sample test : lots of kids (then) read only Harry Potter books. Did they turn into readers of other, better books? I honestly don't know, but I think you need to be open to empirical tests of the hypothesis, whatever the results show. Your argument works just the same as "my kid hates his vegetables, so he just eats burgers, fries, and ice cream." A good parent strategizes this problem rather than just giving in.