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Purple1829 t1_jdds5n9 wrote

I guess I’m pretty lucky because my kid is super into reading. We will even read books together so we can talk about them.

Currently reading Out of the Dust with her and I’m surprised at how well she has handled some of the darker themes.

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TheRawToast t1_jdewlqu wrote

I think you're probably hitting on something that's true but often unsaid. Parents play a large role in facilitating their love for reading. You seem you're doing a great job. I assume many other parents are not.

As much as children having phones is an issue, I bet parent's having phones is an equally sized issue.

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PartyPorpoise t1_jdgf2vl wrote

I totally agree. A lot of parents will tell their kids to read because it's good for them, but they don't do anything to actually facilitate it. And a lot of them are so hooked on phones themselves that they don't see it as a problem when their kids are hooked too.

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FunTransportation869 t1_jdgdura wrote

When my mom was a kid, my grandma took her to the library every week when she got books for herself, but she never took enough interest in what my mom was reading to notice that she got the same book every week for years and never actually read it. My mom grew up not reading and then read every book I read until I was in second grade, when I started to outpace what she could read while also managing work and family. I’m grateful every day that she instilled a love of reading in me! And now that my parents are empty nesters, I have the joy of picking out books for my mom as she’s finding time to read again. All this to say, your kid’s lucky too!

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