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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG, do not do that!!! That’s a cruel thing to do to a little kid!!!

And why doesn’t she like reading?  Are you reading to her?  Are you letting her watch too much TV?

Honestly, at 3.5 if your child doesn’t like being read to, you need to readjust your own expectations and way of reading.  My oldest child would sit on my lap and read 20 books in a row at 3.5; my second kid would read about five before needing to get up; my youngest at 2.5 can handle maybe two at the most before getting off my lap but I keep reading and she plays and looks back to the book.  [/quote]

OP here. Okay, I’m getting the idea that we’re not going to the doll store. She does like to read, but a little less than she used to. She is pretty interested in playing make believe and arranging dolls to sit at the table, etc., so we’re trying to get her back into books. She does watch a good amount of Tv after preschool because I’m still working. Yes, we read to her and she “reads” books to her dolls.[/quote]

If she’s home while you’re working, I’d see about maybe finding a “mother’s helper” to come play with her in the afternoons for an hour or two.   It’s a good job for something like a middle school girl or even a bit younger, since you’re home.  It would help keep her off the screens and engaged in other play.   At three it makes zero sense to try to incentivize her to read more. [/quote]

She is at preschool all day, but when I pick her up I still need an hour or two of time to finish work/have meetings (on Zoom). Sometimes she plays without TV, but if I’m doing a meeting I sometimes just need to turn on the TV for her.[/quote]

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