Summer Reading list - do you lie for your kids? Do yours actually read the books or no?
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Anonymous
| feeling like a naive parent today after another mentioned that most kids do not actually read the books in the summer. Do yours? |
Anonymous
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As a child, I always read everything and more. My oldest will not, because this summer he is working on his native language, and has a French reading list. Since he read the Lord of the Rings in English at 10, I'm not too concerned about his public school reading list. |
Anonymous
| PP again - no we don't lie! Why on earth is this something to lie about? |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
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Mine read the books. They love the books. I make them do the math, which seems to be optional at our school.
I did not force the writing activity journal this year for my 5th grader. It was an incredible amount of stupid busy work. He will go to school and it won't be done. Neither of us will lie about it and if the teachers ask, I will happily give them my thoughts. |
Anonymous
| No, we do not lie. One of my kids is a bookworm and reads constantly. If he brings me a stack of books he says he read, I believe him. Other kid is not as strong a reader. He tried to tell me he read "Charlotte's Web" in 10 minutes. He has a rule that it has to be out loud with me for it to count. It took him a little longer than his brother, but such is life. He was still super proud that he won his coupon book. |
Anonymous
| Oh wait. Are you talking about a school assigned summer reading list? Gosh, I hate those. I would strongly encourage my kid to read them. But its summer. As long as they're reading, I don't care if its "approved" or not. I wouldn't lie for my kids, but its okay with me if they'd rather read something else. |
Anonymous
| My DD reads them and others. Easy enough. |
Anonymous
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Of course not. We don't have an assigned list, but we are doing library summer reading. My kid loves to read so it's no problem!
Writing on the other hand is a real struggle. |
Anonymous
| Why would you lie? Its very easy to tell when someone hasn't read something... |
Anonymous
| No, I would not lie. DS can either read the books, or live with the consequences of not doing so. |
Anonymous
Agreed. Who cares? |
Anonymous
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My rising 2nd grader had a suggested list somewhere, but he read other stuff instead. Some days he does not read, but on others, he finishes two chapter books (simple ones, like ABC Mysteries or the Arnie the Donut series).
When he is older, yes, I will require him to read the required books. It's not that hard and it's important to be able to keep up and chime in if the teacher discuses the books. Team player skills, etc.. etc... |
Anonymous
| Do not listen to those claims. That is some sh!tty parenting. |
Anonymous
What that we don't lie about if our kids read. It strikes as really odd that someone would lie about their kid reading if they don't. |