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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I are academics and we like to learn. However my husband doesn't like to read for pleasure, despite having an MD and a PhD. He'll read his stack of research papers and that's it. I'm happy my kids take after me and are bookworms. They also love to learn new things in their subjects of interest, and we've always gone to museums and discussed science and history with them. I didn't read to them much when they were babies - I waited until they were old enough to understand my favorite children's books like the original Winnie the Pooh, the Chronicles of Narnia, etc, and read them those. However as babies they saw me read all the time for pleasure, and that probably had an impact. We also place great importance on doing well in school, particularly math skills, reading comprehension and good writing. We review these periodically, because school standards are lacking, and check homework in elementary school. Conversely, anything that's time-wasting busywork we don't force them to do. I think it comes down to observing your own child, and see what makes them tick, how they like to learn, what topics they prefer. My son used to be passionate about war and weapons, and we built on that to instill a love of history in general. He's now doing all available AP exams in history (and Humanities in general). My daughter loves animals, and would like to work with them for her career. We told her she needs to be strong in STEM if she's considering vet school or animal biology, so she's motivated to do well in those areas. [/quote]
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