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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Want kids to read for pleasure? Set an example, starting when they are very young. Kids are like the young of all species: they don't do what you say - they imitate what they see you do.
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Dennis
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That's the long and short of it.
When I was a boy, either of my parents were into a book at any given time and it was a behavior I wanted to emulate. My dad often had a paperback with a cover that appealed to my imagination and made me eager to move on from Little Golden Books. Because of those influences, learning to advance my reading skills wasn't a chore.
As an aside, this topic has me wondering about the sort of influence shows like Reading Rainbow have had on kids who would otherwise not be exposed to reading at all. I'd wager that LeVar Burton has done society more of a favor than we know or could measure.