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My Daddy didn't like comic books for some reason I still don't know (and never will) but other than that, he never discouraged me from reading. Technically, he didn't have a high school education (went to vocational school instead), although he later had to get a GED for work, but he loved to read, mostly Westerns. Mama was a school teacher and got her fill of reading from the work she brought home every night. My sister and I just seemed to latch onto reading naturally. If anything, my parents had to curb my reading a bit so I would do my chores and homework, go outside to play, and get enough sleep at night (I spent many a night under the covers with a book and a flashlight). Both my parents approved of my sister's and my love of reading so they didn't need to encourage it. We always access to books, ranging from our own books, books my parents had on the shelf, and both school and public library books (my parents would take us to the library but that was because we wanted to go; they never made us). I'm still an avid (rabid?) reader. My sister is a school teacher so that probably curbs her reading a bit. She lives in TX so I don't get to see her much although we do stay in touch.
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