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[quote=Anonymous]Re reading to our kids- most educated, UMC read to their kids, at least until their kids read to themselves instead. The top 10% of kids are performing just as well as ever. It's the floor that's dropping out.  The posters on here are not the ones at issue.

Also - why the dig on graphic novels? My kids are voracious graphic novel readers. For a few years, that was 90% of what they read. They are now in 7th and 9th and 10% of what they read are graphic novels. My nephews (same ages) were/ are the same- and I don't know too many other 13/14 yo extroverted/sporty boys still reading for fun. The study cited by the NYT (if that's what the OP is referring to) even suggests that fiction (and by extension fictional graphic novels) has unique benefits and that "non-fiction may involve fewer opportunities for developing linguistic skills, creativity, imagination, theory of mind, and/or emotion regulation." https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)01549-4

But to the main point - yes- I don't know why schools are not having kids read novels anymore in middle and high school. It is ridiculous. My kids are reading about 2 books a year for school, if that. [/quote]

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