Most parents don't enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests

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paulsilver · 11h ago
It's a bit of a weird question. As a parent, you do tons of stuff that is fun and good for your child and not for you. Ask a tired parent are you happy reading to your child when you've read them the same books over and over and they'll answer no. Ask them a few years later when the child is reading for themselves whether they miss reading to their child and they'll say yes.

My wife used to help with reading at my son's school when he was first there. Tip for future parents - read to your child! It becomes really obvious really early which children are read to/with and which are not.

incomingpain · 11h ago
Childrens books are awful. Yes there's some classics you can read like once but i dont know what's wrong.

I was considering even writing some better stuff. I was thinking maybe spongebob theory where you need to hide double entendres or adult humour but no.

The 5 minute marvel stories are probably the worse of them.

I never really figured out what needs to be improved.