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From: HUMMINGRK at aol.com <HUMMINGRK>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 09:14:05 EST
Should parents read what their children read? Sometimes . . . I agree with those who feel reading offers escape; it offers another world to travel and sometimes that world is best traveled alone.
On the other hand, when parents and children read a book together, both take the journey together. The discussion is not so much "tell me what you thought" as sharing the fun or horror or trying to figure out what happens next.
My son read CRASH before me, laughing in the back seat of the car on a trip to Michigan. I read it next, then he begged me to read it aloud. We enjoyed it three times. I'm reading WRINGER now . . . then we'll share another journer.
Reading is great alone or shared.
Lee Sullivan Hill author
Received on Tue 10 Feb 1998 08:14:05 AM CST
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 09:14:05 EST
Should parents read what their children read? Sometimes . . . I agree with those who feel reading offers escape; it offers another world to travel and sometimes that world is best traveled alone.
On the other hand, when parents and children read a book together, both take the journey together. The discussion is not so much "tell me what you thought" as sharing the fun or horror or trying to figure out what happens next.
My son read CRASH before me, laughing in the back seat of the car on a trip to Michigan. I read it next, then he begged me to read it aloud. We enjoyed it three times. I'm reading WRINGER now . . . then we'll share another journer.
Reading is great alone or shared.
Lee Sullivan Hill author
Received on Tue 10 Feb 1998 08:14:05 AM CST
