10 Ways Parents (inadvertently) Discourage Their Kids from Being Readers

Posted on the Squeetus Blog May 29, 2006 03:14 PM PST. 
# Neglect to make regular family library visits
# Stop reading aloud (I know parents who still read to their teens)
# Don’t read books where the kids can see them (this goes for fathers especially, for some reason)
# Don’t talk about books over dinner
# Overlook the fact that a good family activity might be going to hear a writer speak at a bookstore or book festival
# Designate the books in the family library as too precious for little kids to touch
# Don’t read the books their kids are reading
# Have a home that doesn’t accommodate reading (too formal, too noisy, not enough good reading lighting, or just no books or magazines around)
# Schedule so many activities that the kids don’t have time to pick up a book
# Believe that their childhood favorites are the only acceptable choices and are bound to also delight their children (some fateful examples: Treasure Island, Call of the Wild, Wind in the Willows, Johnny Tremain)
And the reason too important to put in a numbered list: Tell them a certain book or genre is too young for them
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