Kids and books WAS: Re: Bard of Avon

[dumbledore11214]

> Potioncat:
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> 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.

Alla:

If parents tried to make child love the books and it just did not 
work out, sure I would not put it on parents ( hm, not the phrase I 
would use I guess, not like parents are obligated to do that. I mean 
I feel so, but certainly not everybody).

However, IMO if parents did not give child a chance to learn that 
books are cool, then I would say that it is largely because of 
parents.

Because see, our parents and grandparents constantly read to me and 
my brother too. My grandmother started teaching me to read when I was 
three and from the stories by the time I was four I read every 
newspaper which I saw on the table ( the slogans in big letters of 
course lol not the whole newspaper).

My brother however would not start reading till he was five and well, 
did not really care for it, he would much rather run around, etc.

But see, he came around in few years and I think started reading for 
pleasure since he was, nine or ten and does so ever since, non stop.

Because even when he wanted to just run as so many boys do (and I 
wish I would do more lol), he still liked to listen to the books, was 
just too lazy to spend time on that.

And eventually he came around heh.

JMO,

Alla