Tips For Raising Children Who Enjoy Reading

One thing that you will probably hope for, if you have a great love for reading, is that your children will enjoy reading also, but with the immediate gratification of video games, television, and the Internet, raising children who enjoy reading is usually more difficult these days than just making them read, or just limiting the amount of time they are allowed to spend at the television and the computer; the good news, however, is that you can still raise children who enjoy reading, as long as you follow a few simple steps.

Most children have a desire to do things that they feel are "fun," which means that if you want reading to become something they want to do, it will be important that you make reading "fun"; one way to make reading fun is to read to them when they are kids - and not just at bedtime, but in the evening or at other times of day as well - and another great way to make reading fun is to make it a reward, something they are allowed to do if they get all their chores done, or something they are allowed to stay up 30 minutes past their bedtime to do.

As your children and their love for reading both grow, they may want to read books that you feel are "over their head" - either because the content is too complicated, or because the book itself was written for adults - but rather than preventing them from reading these books and making them read books that you feel are more "appropriate" for them, it will be better for you to allow them to read these books, and to simply provide them with guidance along the way.

And there will be things besides books that your children will want to spend their money on once they become teenagers; if you give your children an allowance, one thing you should think about doing is giving them a "book allowance" that is separate from their regular allowance - and even if you do not give your children an allowance, you may want to think about letting them pick out one or two books each month that you will buy for them.

Each child is unique and different from every other child, of course, but by following these tips, you will greatly increase the chances that your children will grow up loving to read!

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