100% this. School largely ruined my interest in reading until I became an adult and re-found it. Being regularly told to read boring books, of course any inte

100% this. School largely ruined my interest in reading until I became an adult and re-found it. Being regularly told to read boring books, of course any interest in doing it casually was going to go out the Window. Sure there is value in needing to read certain things from an academic standpoint, Beowulf is a good example. But there was zero reason I needed to read "The Outsiders" when we just watched the movie after reading it anyways. Just because something is a classic, doesn't mean we have to consume it in its original form to get the meaning. Instead fill the library with a diverse collection of books, let the kid choose what they want to read, don't rush them, and importantly if it just isn't working let them move on to a new book. Side note: I know some people are going to groan at this. But seriously, books based on video games can be a fantastic gateway towards actually caring about reading. It is how I re-discovered by interest in reading as an adult.