> One of the best things to do is to relentlessly read to and with your kids. My mom would bring us into the clubhouse in the backyard and read to us, which I

> One of the best things to do is to relentlessly read to and with your kids. My mom would bring us into the clubhouse in the backyard and read to us, which I found really boring. Ended up not liking books because of it, and I'm pretty sure the same happened to both of my brothers. For years I'd only read the bare minimum required for school. Years later I happened to see an neat book cover in the impulse-buy section of a store and begged for the book. That one book was what actually got me set on reading, and from then on I'd always have something with me. She never realized this and still thinks I like reading because she read to us. I can't help but wonder how many of the anecdotes here are also parents not realizing what's actually going through their kids' minds.