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Does this science control for "being the kind of parent who thinks sitting down and reading with their kid is a pretty damn good idea"? I could see how reading
by mseebach 12y ago
Does this science control for "being the kind of parent who thinks sitting down and reading with their kid is a pretty damn good idea"? I could see how reading to children is an effect of a set of values that are conductive to raising successful children, and as values often do, don't lend themselves well to being broken down into its constituent parts.
Or put in a different way - if you, as a parent, consider reading to your child a chore, will it still work?
- Retric 12y agoYes, language exposure in an of it's self is useful. Also, reading interesting books often leads to children continuing to read that same book to see how it ends. And thus reading for fun which provides a lot of useful practice.
- mseebach 12y agoThere's got to be something more than language on it's own. Surely, you can't just leave your kid with an audiobook - or the TV on.