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Originally Posted by rhadin
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.
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.
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Ironically I was a huge tv watcher and video game player as a kid (still am, less video games though), but I always enjoyed reading. My little sister is the same way, so I guess my mom did something right. I think the biggest problem with that is 1. the schools try to force these books on kids that are just not interesting and really meant for an older age group and 2. parents might be stopping them from reading certain books or just not encouraging it. If you asked my sister if she had $50 what would she get, she's probably say a Wii game. But if you gave her $50 for Borders (or now, the Sony store) she'd still be very excited. I think parents overlook that if a kid doesn't mention books doesn't mean they aren't interested, they just might be interested in something else more. Then later (probably because of school) they become averse to reading. It is sad.