I don't have children yet, but I expect to in the coming years. I wish to instill a love of reading in them, but I worry about how to go about doing so.
I spent so much time reading as a child that I'd get grounded from it, forbidden from reading at the dinner table, that sort of thing. But that love came partially from a lack of alternatives; we only had local TV channels and no video games or other comparable distractions.
I worry how, to a child, a book can be as effective a lure as a screen when I, as an adult, often find myself taken by the latter.
I spent so much time reading as a child that I'd get grounded from it, forbidden from reading at the dinner table, that sort of thing. But that love came partially from a lack of alternatives; we only had local TV channels and no video games or other comparable distractions.
I worry how, to a child, a book can be as effective a lure as a screen when I, as an adult, often find myself taken by the latter.