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[quote=Anonymous]Agree that forcing to read could backfire, but limiting screen time is a no brainer and (especially if done at an earlier age) has the same effect.

Reading fiction forces you to develop a longer attention span, to imagine worlds that aren't pictured for you, to take other perspectives. It's wonderful and rewarding--but the less you do it the harder it is, the more you do it, the better it is.

We have limited screen time all along and have voracious readers. The two things are for sure linked. Will all kids with limited screen time become voracious readers? No. But I don't know any voracious readers who chose that path and developed the necessary muscles when they had the easier choice of unlimited screen time. If the kid doesn't end up using the extra time to read, I'm pretty sure it'll motivate him to find some other ways of spending time--making stuff, playing sports or exercising, cooking, getting a job, volunteering, hanging out with friends.

I'm not saying no screens, I'm saying that not limiting them is like giving a young child with impressionable palate unlimited junk food. It may sound like you're giving him freedom, but in fact it will end up limiting his choices because he won't do anything else and won't know how to enjoy anything else or be good at anything else. [/quote]

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