An excerpt from The Atlantic -
Why Some People Become Lifelong Readers
A lot rides on how parents present the activity to their kids.
By Joe Pinsker
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They can be identified by their independent-bookstore tote bags, their “Book Lover” mugs, or—most reliably—by the bound, printed stacks of paper they flip through on their lap. They are, for lack of a more specific term, readers.
Joining their tribe seems simple enough: Get a book, read it, and voilà! You’re a reader—no tote bag necessary. But behind that simple process is a question of motivation—of why some people grow up to derive great pleasure from reading, while others don’t. That why is consequential—leisure reading has been linked to a range of good academic and professional outcomes—as well as difficult to fully explain. But a chief factor seems to be the household one is born into, and the culture of reading that parents create within it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/09/love-reading-books-leisure-pleasure/598315/
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