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Reply to "Vent - Instilling a love of reading"
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[quote=Anonymous]I am PP who said you need boredom and downtime, screen-free environment also helps. I disagree with the people who say the book is “just” a medium. Books and other long form print media are part of a tradition in which longer arguments can be developed and verbal representations of life that require extended time to unfold can be made. There are some ways of thought that you just won’t be able to get from other media. Reading also helps you develop a lifelong habit of active learning and thinking — not just passive consumption of entertainment. OP, you may have already tried graphic novels, nonfiction, and other things... I would consider cutting back on the screen time and really tuning in to what might motivate them to read. Screen time is highly addictive and the patterns of attention it sets up interfere with the ability to concentrate on longer trains of thought. The more time on video games and YouTube, the more painful reading a book will become.[/quote]
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