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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

It does, we just found out!

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it does, we just found out!

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Congratulations!

Thanks!