How to Get Them to Read (Or Do Anything)
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We want our kids to read. We want them to read instead of watching so much TV or playing with the iPad. So we make up rules or create incentives to motivate them to pick up a book (I\\u2019ll give you a dollar for every book you finish this year).\\xa0
What we don\\u2019t do enough is actually the easiest and clearest form of teaching: We don\\u2019t provide a good example.
How often do your kids catch you reading? How often do they see you with a book in your hands? You want them to read, but do you read regularly to them? You tell them books are important, that books are fun, but where is the evidence?\\xa0
If you want your kids to read more, show them what a reader looks like. Talk to them about books. Make books a central part of your house...and your lives. Think about those curse words they know. You\\u2019ve actually been trying to get them not to use them...but where did your kids pick them up? By watching you.\\xa0
And what\\u2019s true for books is true for just about anything\\u2014being healthy, being kind, being a hard worker
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