Why is it that kids today do not want to take the time to enjoy a good book? I can't remember a time when I never wanted to read!. I have seen several posts on here recently asking homework questions for amazing books and plays... Two just tonight? Am I a dying breed? Half of my best ideas and opinions I stole from books... lol. Don't they realize the excitement they are missing?! IM seriously in a funk now.

Internet, TV and getting it all right now. Books make you think,

But yes I see it more and more in younger people.

I remember being a little girl and taking pride in each book I owned. When I was like seven I seriously have a bookcase FILLED with books. My parents would read to me often, and I couldn't WAIT to go to the library at school. Now, I look at my nephew and yeah, he has books, stuffed under his bed... and that bookcase, it's filled with his videogames. THAT'S what he takes pride in. I will partly blame parents for this... if they would push reading a little more and limit the videogames, I think things would be a lot different.

Yes I agree. I always liked books because it was more fun to imagine stuff, you could put yourself there. Orson Scott Card lives a few miles from me. It's cool because he writes a column for the free weekly newspaper, he reviews movies and talks about all kinds of stuff. But the kids now seem to just want to go to my space, or their I tunes or their ask.com. Well you get the pix.

Yeah, my parents read books to us every night... those readers digest storybook things... it was something I looked forward to. I read chapter books to my son... a chapter a night... Im not talking moby or anything, but good classic children's books, like peter pan, and the one we are on now, Alices adventures in wonderland... he might not understand everything, but he gets the basic idea, and has fun when I do the voices...

OMG you are my new best friend... I love love love Orson Scott Card... LOVE! My husband claims I would leave him at the drop of a pin if I ever bumped into him...

OMG you are my new best friend...I love love love Orson Scott Card...LOVE! My husband claims I would leave him at the drop of a pin if I ever bumped into him...

Hmm that's interesting, I can scan, no wait I have better look here.
They call him Uncle Orson and he is actually a pretty down to earth person.
And I thought I was already best friend.

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A basic law of physics is that water seeks it's own level. It is like that with people too.

Parents hopefully, set the examples for their children. Books read to them by their parents. Plenty of good books around in the home for the kids to explore. A dying breed? Perhaps for the time being.

Remember, that "the cream rises to the top of the bottle."

Heck yeah! Well now you are the ultimate best friend.. I like that pic of him... I think I've seen it on a book cover once or twice as well... Uncle Orson hmmm... that kind of makes my weird obsessive love affair seem more strange... Ill just stick to Orson. :D

Instant gratification culture at work...

When you compare the time and effort needed to actually read and understand a book versus what the perceived pay off is, people in an instant gratification culture pick an easier way... be that watching the TV/movie adaptation of a story, or reading some else's (1-2 page) summary.

I agree with the above posters - it all has to do with the good example set by the parents. We read to our kids everyday/night. Our kids are always seeing us read books/magazines/newspapers so they grow up thinking that's very normal and cool.

I agree with the above posters - it all has to do with the good example set by the parents. We read to our kids everyday/night. Our kids are always seeing us read books/magazines/newspapers so they grow up thinking that's very normal and cool.


And limit the TV time.

And limit the TV time.Everything in moderation is my motto. Most of the time we are watching shows with them or on the computer with the older one (Webkinz, PBS Kids, etc.)

Why is it that kids today do not want to take the time to enjoy a good book? I can't remember a time when i never wanted to read!?!...I have seen several posts on here recently asking homework questions for amazing books and plays...Two just tonight? Am I a dying breed? Half of my best ideas and opinions I stole from books...lol. Dont they realize the excitement they are missing?!? IM seriously in a funk now.
Busy parents can't or won't read to little ones. Parents who do read to their children give kids an incdentive to read a book on their own. I started reading to my son way before he could comprehend; old nursery rhymes, etc. that's how they learn. Eventually it became a routine with more comprehensive books. He is now 23 and loves reading, was a good student and pursued his own information when studying.

I also feel it is very important to read to our child. The only thing is there are days where he is more interested in eating the books instead of papa reading lol.

Well I used to read a lot but I don't anymore because I used to read a lot of older children's books because I was an advanced reader but now I do not want to start on adult books because I am fed up of being teased as a "geek" or "nerd" so I started reading normal books and it died down again, in today's society you don't need to read a book you can search it on the internet you don't need to read for vocab because you can get a cd all the jobs a book does can be easily done a different way.

People still read but now a lot of kids stories have more reality in them, they aren't about green men or pixies and many of them are about care kids, kids with parents divorcing... etc. and I supposed escaping from reality is a lot harder when your book is about reality.

well I used to read a lot but i dont anymore because I used to read a lot of older childrens books because I was an advanced reader but now I do not want to start on adult books because I am fed up of being teased as a "geek" or "nerd" so i started reading normal books and it died down again, in todays society you dont need to read a book you can search it on the internet you dont need to read for vocab because you can get a cd all the jobs a book does can be easily done a different way.

People still read but now a lot of kids stories have mroe reality in them, they aren't about green men or pixies and many of them are about care kids, kids with parents divorcing.... ect. and i supposed escaping from reality is a lot harder when your book is about reality.

Who cares if people tease you about being a geek or nerd. It is what you enjoy doing. Never give that up because of somebody else.

Joe

now I do not want to start on adult books because I am fed up of being teased as a "geek" or "nerd" In case you haven't noticed the geeks and nerds are running this world and making good money.

In case you haven't noticed the geeks and nerds are running this world and making good money.

Very good point. Maybe that will change the mind of being teased. It is worth it in the long run.

My life is a whole lot better now I'm learning better not dreaming in class anymore and I can concentrate because I don't constantly have someone of my back. THe geeks and the nerd do not run this world the media does :P.

Yea but who are the people behind the scenes in the media companies? BTW the media doesn't run my world, I do.

Off topic: yes true but they are the lucky ones they didn't get deppressed at a young age because of their intelligience as so many do, and please stop having a go at me because I said something in a not very well written kind of way

OK back on topic, reading books now isn't often a social activity which is what so many peoples lives are about. In this world you hardly need to read much apart from price tags and names to get by, children do not read because they want to go play out with their friends all the time or be grown up and try reading a big book and get bored of it.

There is equal time to play outside and read. I make it a nightly ritual. And I was really referring to kids not being any bit interested in reading the classic books that are given to them in school. There are always kids on here asking homework questions because they didn't read an amazing book. The books they give you in school aren't all about divorce or whatever is happening in the world. They are amazing works of literary art.

there is equal time to play outside and read. I make it a nightly ritual. And I was really referring to kids not being any bit interested in reading the classic books that are given to them in school. There are always kids on here asking homework questions because they didnt read an amazing book. The books they give you in school arent all about divorce or whatever is happening in the world. They are amazing works of literary art.


Yes my 15 year old does this, I could not even get her to read "Death of a Salesman" it is only 135 pages long. So I read it for her.

Many of the books I get in school are like that, about real life children and what happens to them, but then again at our age super space man and his dog aren't perticularly interesting either, maybe once I move onto high school they will have different books. In my school up to the age of 7 we are given books to take home and read, now we choose a book and have 2 10 minute slots during the day to read, however teachers don't enforce this too much because most of the kids aren't interested and draw or talk instead.

Why is it that kids today do not want to take the time to enjoy a good book? I can't remember a time when i never wanted to read!?!...I have seen several posts on here recently asking homework questions for amazing books and plays...Two just tonight? Am I a dying breed? Half of my best ideas and opinions I stole from books...lol. Dont they realize the excitement they are missing?!? IM seriously in a funk now.
It comes from an early on example. You can't just decide when you child is 6 and starting to read that it would be good to get him a lot of books. Let your children see you reading things because you want to, not because you have to. Read to them, and then read the book again and again if they want you to. Limit their screen time (tv computer, video games).
We go to yard sales and tell our kids that as long as the books are priced fairly .25 to .50 for a typical paperback there is no limit on how many they can get. Some weeks they come home with a stack of books 8-10 inches thick.

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there is equal time to play outside and read. I make it a nightly ritual. And I was really referring to kids not being any bit interested in reading the classic books that are given to them in school. There are always kids on here asking homework questions because they didnt read an amazing book. The books they give you in school arent all about divorce or whatever is happening in the world. They are amazing works of literary art.


They can actually be entertaining also. Does this mean you are pregnant

It does, we just found out!

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