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[quote=Anonymous]I'm one of those people who pay my child to read.

I would assume that most of us who reach this point do so after we've done everything else. Reading the first chapter didn't encourage my child to continue the book. Alternating chapters (I read one, he reads one) meant he'd decide he didn't care about the book after all. I had some success requiring the book be read before the movie was seen, but there aren't enough movies made from books that he wants to see for me to feel comfortable about the amount of reading practice he's getting. I let him read any genre, we went through comic book stores, many book stores, etc. He loved listening to books on CD but reading was right out. Money made the difference, and has, over time, made reading less of a terrible proposition for him. He will now alternate chapters reading with me, continue reading a book on his own that we read together (we still read together nightly). He joined a book club at school. The monetary incentive support those changes.

I wouldn't jump to money as a first step. I doubt those of you who just had to find a good genre for your kid or get a suggestion from the librarian really get that there are some children who would really rather do anything at all versus read. Once in a fit of frustration I told my son he could either clean the bathroom or read a chapter in his book. He cleaned his bathroom. As someone who loves reading, I think I didn't really grasp how he felt about it until that moment.[/quote]

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