From: Wendy Steib <ssteib>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 00:17:56 -0600

I have to say that reading has always been a release for me. My parents had read some of the books that I read, but I never wanted to *have* to discuss the books with them. I can only remember actually discussing a couple of books with them. They did not read them for the same reasons that I did and did not have the same interpretation of them.

In a problem household (I would now be termed "at risk" if I were still a child), I used reading as a way to get away from everything. To have to discuss something like -A Wrinkle In Time- or my Trixie Belden books with my parents would have been awful for me. That would have taken away my private fantasies. Not all children feel this way because of a problem at home, but some may resent the pressure. Reading should be done for pleasure, too. It is great for learning, but maybe the child should start the discussion sometimes.

 Steib




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