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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a bookworm from birth.  I followed all the recommendations for my kids.  Read to them from birth.  Nightly routine involved reading to them.  Took them to the library often.  Took them to bookstores.  Let them see me reading.  Let them read what they want.  I read a page; they read a page.  Left interesting-looking books around the house.  And on and on.  They still like being read to but they don't like reading.  I waited for them to want to read on their own, but it never happened.  Now, I make them read over their protests.  I still read to them and we still do audiobooks, but I also make them read written words of their choice for 20 min/day.

This vent is because people are always insisting that you can't force them because you need to instill a love of reading.  Guess what, not everyone has a love of reading just waiting to come out.  Most of the adults I know rarely read for pleasure.  No one is telling me not to make my kids do math for fear of killing their love of math.  Sometimes you have to give up on making someone love something and just make them do it because it's good for them.

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