I can’t imagine being forced to read, sorry your mom experienced that but she certainly sounds like she gave you and your sister a wonderful experience !Astrocelot wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 16:53SparklesonPages wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 01:06 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!
I often read books along with my kids, they read a chapter and leave it with a marker on my nightstand so I can catch up. I think it helps relationships as well when you have something light to discuss after.