When you have kids are you going to make them read?

[DATo]

I don't have any kids. They refused to read so I sent them back.

[Mindi]

I have kids now and am working on getting that passion inside of them. My oldest already seems to have it.

[Valton]

I cann't force them, but i would suggest it to them and hopefully they can pick up

[Amagine]

I'll read with my kids until they love reading so much that they will want to read on their own.

[khudecek]

I don't have any kids. They refused to read so I sent them back.

That is hilarious!! LOL!!!

[Mr Zafar]

If they are my children, they have to read

[vaz222]

Yes, my daughter is an excellent reader! My future kids will be the same.

[nfdaniel85]

Absolutely! I could not imagine my life if I had not been read to as a child.

[Mailis]

My older kid (10 year old boy) is a good reader and loves to read thanks to my constant and secret brainwashing techniques (Just kidding. Mostly). My younger kid (3 year old boy) is just starting to learn how to read alphabet on his own and put words together with letters), so hopefully he'll be a bookworm too pretty soon.
I started reading to my kids right from the beginning, during daytime as part of fun play time and at night before bed and so on, they always see me reading and there are books everywhere the eye can reach in our home, so I guess those poor things don't really have a choice about it.

[Godfrey gachomo]

That a yes..Because reading help someone to acquire new terms equiping you with total knowledge

[Essentially_Literate]

If I ever have kids I will encourage them to read and I'll never force them to read. As an educator and book lover, reading is very near and dear to my heart. I would try my best and lead by example. Kids will see you doing it and they will do it as well.

[SparklesonPages]

Beginning during my pregnancies and through the toddler ages I read to my kids. What has happened is that they have developed a love for reading on their own. I’m not sure if making your kids read would work.

[rave_2]

If I ever have kids, then I would hope that they would be readers. I wouldn't force them, though.

[RLDunnAuthor]

I have four children, the youngest is eighteen. I introduced them to reading from the minute they were born. My husband still laughs about the time, my two month old was in his bouncy street and all i wanted to do was do something adult, so i read him the newspaper with the inflection i use for children's book. He laughed at the tone in my voice, but i got to read the paper. Young, we read a book a night. Older it became a chapter. By high school they were self directed. Though my youngest one was the hardest to get to read because of the technology.

[Astrocelot]

Beginning during my pregnancies and through the toddler ages I read to my kids. What has happened is that they have developed a love for reading on their own. I’m not sure if making your kids read would work.

This is spot-on! My mom was forced to read dense books at a young age and she developed this deep, irrational loathing for most literature until she was in her twenties and my dad reintroduced her to the good stuff. She reads chapter books occasionally now to "make up for lost childhood."

But when my sister and I were little, she did a lot of gentle encouraging; took us to the library and let us roam, set up mini bookshelves in our rooms, and read to my sister because she preferred that over reading by herself. The last bit was especially a valiant effort for her because my sister loved having the same books read to her over... and over... and over... and over again. Mom probably had Goosebumps: Cry of the Cat memorized. Anywho, my sister and I are both avid readers because of it; that's definitely the way to go, over making your kids read!