I think you are right Maggie May, both my parents read and encouraged myself and my brothers and sister to read. We were enrolled at the local library by time we were 4 years old and encouraged to borrow a book every week. MY 6th grade teacher lamented to my mother that whilst he was pleased that I loved reading so much, he did wish that I would not rush through my schoolwork to get to the bookshelf
. I did try, but the lure of that bookshelf was too much. With my own children I have had mixed results, my son wouldn't pick up a book other than connected with his computer. My girls however read quite a lot. But then I married a man who could not read when I met him and it has taken time for him to learn to read...