Worried about your kids book choices? Don’t be.
Reading fiction can be so rewarding for adults and children,
but its easy to get sucked into only reading books of particular literary
merit – and wanting your kids to do the same.
Author Neil Gaiman has warned that well-meaning
adults can destroy a child’s love of books and has been quoted as saying that
children should be allowed to read whatever they enjoy. Trying to get your kids
to read what you want them to read can leave them feeling that reading is an
unpleasant task you’ve imposed on them, or, even worse, something really “uncool”
that parents want them to do, but they end up hating.
So next time you’re tempted to encourage your kids towards
reading something YOU would have chosen for them, why not let them make their
own choices at the book store?
They’ll be thanking you for it in later life.
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