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Originally Posted by dsvick
If he seriously cannot read more than a few paragraphs without being distracted or having his thoughts wander then he is either reading the wrong books for his interests, not really into reading to begin with, or not reading in the correct environment.
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This is my underlying fear -- that with the other options that a multiuse device offers, children will not learn to "get into" reading in their formative years. I see that happening with children in my neighborhood. They don't read; they play video games, watch TV, watch videos, but never pick up a book and complain when they have to pick up a book for school. Parents are tired and pulled in so many directions that they take the easy way out and turn on the TV or computer. There will always be a core group who will read for the sake of reading, but that group will be ever-shrinking in numbers.
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Originally Posted by dsvick
I realize everyone is different but for me within a paragraph or two I'm immersed in the book and rarely find myself looking for anything more. Yes I can see how the current trend could lead towards short attention span items like You Tube, twitter, texting, etc. On the other hand I find myself getting bored with them quite often and end up looking for something with more substance than just two minutes of entertainment.
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I don't watch TV, don't play video games (don't even own one), have never twittered, and have maybe watched a half-dozen YouTube videos (primarily ebook device reviews) in the past few years. I prefer to read. But you and I are the odd ducks, not the mainstream, I fear.