Kids and books WAS: Re: Bard of Avon

[potioncat]

> Alla:
> 
> I think it all depends on the parents, if they make sure to show 
the 
> kid the beauty of the books since very early age, then child will 
be 
> reading, even if she will be surrounded by computer, tv, etc.


Potioncat:
It's not that easy. I think we are wired to enjoy reading or not. We 
read constantly to our 3 kids. Some books were such favorites that we 
replaced them several times. We always made books accessible and fun. 
We are readers ourselves, and our kids saw us reading all the time.

However, my oldest quit reading for pleasure at about 4th grade, and 
I can't say my daughter ever enjoyed it. My son continued to like to 
be read to for a while beyond 4th. My daughter had a hard time 
concentrating for long times. Both of those 2 have ADHD. My daughter 
was also evaluated for reading ability at her request. She shows some 
impairment along the lines of an ADHD brain. 

My 3rd child loves to read! He has a greater learning disability than 
the older two, but has read himself to grade level. (I mean, I think 
he chose to read so much, that he exercised his brain to 
improve...maybe?) He can also listen better, for longer periods of 
time, and for a while we would get audio-books for him before he was 
reading at grade level. Well, actually, we still do.

So, I would not put it on the parents if a child is not a reader. So 
often folks get into a battle over Nature vrs Nurture, but I think 
how a kid turns out is a combination of Nature and Nurture.