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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think reading to young kids/babies is ridiculous. They have no idea what's going on as they're chewing and drooling on the book, yet the parents seem to congratulate themselves on how advanced their kid will turn out due to this nightly activity. Equally ridiculous is when baby gift questions come up and people suggest books; I'd like to give a gift that's useable before age 5 -- I'm not sure an infant who sleeps 20 hrs a day is the right audience for Goodnight Moon. I come from one of the higher academic performance cultures (ppl talk about it on here all the time) where reading to a kid is not even a consideration -- the past generations wouldn't even have thought to do it though my peers who were born and raised in the US are into it bc they hear it's SO important from their "American" friends.[/quote]

Thanks for chiming in, Tiger Mom. Yes, please don't read to your kids before age 5. [/quote]

I'm a mother and an experienced nanny. Many babies and children respond in amazing, positive ways to the pictures in books and the cadence of reading. My current nanny child istwo and carries books around all day. We read to her as a baby bbecause she adored it and would sleep more easily. She will be reading by 4, but there's no congratulations involved- it's just who she is. Some children don't respond to books at a young age. The idea is to be in tune with the child and follow their lead on these things.

My own daughter was also into books very early, read at 4, and is a bookworm at age 17. I'm glad I didn't withhold books from her, thinking it was silly. [/quote]

That's great for your nannying child and your own child[b]. I personally don't see the value in it. They don't end up any further ahead than anyone else just bc they were read to[/b]; or conversely they don't end up behind due to lack of reading from infancy. [/quote]

Can'g you just do things with/for your child becuase of pure and simple enjoyment, anymore???!!!!! :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted: [/quote]

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