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'National crisis' as children's reading enjoyment sinks to new low, report warns
- GeoAtreides 2y agoLink to the actual report: https://nlt.cdn.ngo/media/documents/Children_and_young_peoples_reading_in_2024_Report.pdf https://nlt.cdn.ngo/media/documents/Children_and_young_peopl... Noteworthy: >Only about one in three (34.6%) children and young people aged eight to 18 said they enjoyed reading in their free time in 2024, down from 43.4% the previous year, according to the research. >This marks the steepest decline since the charity began its annual survey in 2005.
- tboyd47 2y agoCrisis? Yes. But will they stop showering the children with gadgets? No.
- tencentshill 2y agoWe should have stopped at written word. Socrates had it right. "They will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks"
- tboyd47 2y agoI'm not opposed to that in principle. Baby steps.