The reason they feel so stressed is because they are continually multi-tasking. Instead of simply driving the child to a soccer game, we're driving and making an appointment on the cell phone. At the game, we're networking with a neighbor about the refreshments at the preschool picnic, watching the game, and taking calls on the ubiquitous cell phone. We have time for what we value. The people who found the time to read to a child and to themselves yesterday had the same 24 hours as the person who had no time to read, but did watch their favorite team on TV or the afternoon soap they taped, did find the time to talk on the phone for 35 minutes, and did find the time to run over the mall for a minute.
Time is the great filtering agent in success.
On the other hand, if the time is not put in then , the child alone will need to do it when he or she reaches school age. But the common denominator is time . This page is copyright free and may be reproduced freely. Trelease on Reading is copyright 2001 by Jim Trelease and Reading Tree Productions. All rights reserved.