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Why many modern children don't like to read?
- Thread starter Greyscale
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They are very busy. They have social things to do, and they have games and other entertainments.
I'm sure that the causes of this have already been studied by properly academic methodologies. I'm not up on that research, but in general terms, children pick up the habits that are encouraged or instilled within them by their primary role models. Parents are typically on the list of primary role models, though not always. If a child has an accessible role model that encourages reading as a regular behavior, they'll tend to do it too. Put really simply, if parents don't read to their kids, kids won't read.
In a 2014 survey of just over 1,000 children ages 6 to 17, only 31 percent said they read a book for fun almost daily, down from 37 percent four years ago.
There were some consistent patterns among the heavier readers: For the younger children — ages 6 to 11 — being read aloud to regularly and having restricted online time were correlated with frequent reading; for the older children — ages 12 to 17 — one of the largest predictors was whether they had time to read on their own during the school day.
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But reading aloud through elementary school seemed to be connected to a love of reading generally. According to the report, 41 percent of frequent readers ages 6 to 10 were read aloud to at home, while only 13 percent of infrequent readers were being read to.
From - https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/...es-grooms-them-to-read-more-on-their-own.html
There were some consistent patterns among the heavier readers: For the younger children — ages 6 to 11 — being read aloud to regularly and having restricted online time were correlated with frequent reading; for the older children — ages 12 to 17 — one of the largest predictors was whether they had time to read on their own during the school day.
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But reading aloud through elementary school seemed to be connected to a love of reading generally. According to the report, 41 percent of frequent readers ages 6 to 10 were read aloud to at home, while only 13 percent of infrequent readers were being read to.
From - https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/...es-grooms-them-to-read-more-on-their-own.html
This has been long standing knowledge. The idea to read to your child was in vogue 30 to 40 years ago when I started teaching.
But I take issue with the idea they aren't reading. Perhaps they're not reading books in the way older generations did, but they're still reading. Books aren't the only way to learn to read. A lot has shifted in methodology. Lots of kids never read books, but if parents buy the right programs and games, they learn to read. Newspapers and magazines replaced books for many kids in my generation, including me.
Books, yes books, not so much. I don't read books anymore. I used to a lot.
So a question, is this a bad thing?
Books are stories, media is stories with pictures. Kids still read a lot. Social media etc..., so I'm assuming this specifically related to picking up actual books.
Because of technology we are probably moving beyond the age of hardcopy.
I still print stuff out because I'm more comfortable with it, but younger folks even see this as catering to the needs of an older generation.
If you're asking me what causes you to hear this so many times, I've narrowed it down to radio, television, or word of mouth. Could it be because you're in a new generation that doesn't like to read?
But seriously, I think this problem was more prevalent with the inception of radio and television than it is in the "new generations" given that much of the communication on social media is the form of reading.
Oh please bookworms were rare when I was a kid. They were rare when my freaking dad was a kid and he was born in the late 1920s.
I mean hell, one needs only look at actual children's books. The bookish girl (occasionally boy) was the exception in all of their own respective universes not the rule. Hint hint hint there's a reason for that.
Are kids reading less? Define reading.
If you think only print counts then fine they read less. But I find many bookish people would even debate that point as many book nerds, especially younger ones, seem far more open to the idea of different storytelling techniques. And arguing the merits of E-readers and graphic novels in the reading experience is a thing in many circles I run in even now. Every generation bemoans the youngings, it's stale and predictable.
I mean hell, one needs only look at actual children's books. The bookish girl (occasionally boy) was the exception in all of their own respective universes not the rule. Hint hint hint there's a reason for that.
Are kids reading less? Define reading.
If you think only print counts then fine they read less. But I find many bookish people would even debate that point as many book nerds, especially younger ones, seem far more open to the idea of different storytelling techniques. And arguing the merits of E-readers and graphic novels in the reading experience is a thing in many circles I run in even now. Every generation bemoans the youngings, it's stale and predictable.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Have the children of any time been much for reading? I was 20 years ago and I was picked on because of it.
Its mostly laziness, those born since the 1990's have always had the internet to spoon feed them, more times than not, misinformation. They have never to read and research multiple books to learn or explore an idea like us older folks that had to make due with encyclopedias, journals, almanacs, dictionaries, etc.
An example: There is a meme going around about how water is not wet. I have had multiple teenagers argue till their blue in the face that water is not wet because of a video they saw. But when I ask them to prove it and being me dry water they go slack jawed and wide eyed as they struggle to comprehend basic common sense.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Lack of Interest. I remember all the Golden Books and little books at my parents bought for me. I didn't learn to read Because I had to read. I learned to read because I was so curious what the stories were all about and I wanted to know more.
I don't think kids have those kind of enticements that we used to have. It's a shame libraries were such a big thing back in the day.
Epic Beard Man
Bearded Philosopher
I think kids read all the time (e.g social media like Facebook, Instagram, MySpace). It depends on what their reading. If it's academically related, it may not be as entertaining unless the parents establish a foundation of fun learning.
sandy whitelinger
Veteran Member
Cell phones, internet and cable tv.
Born in 91 and grew up on the net, as it were.. Admittedly there is a large amount of laziness. But even still do you people not have school? I literally learnt how to research from encyclopaedias and other sources in like Primary School. Because we always had to use multiple sources in assignments, even as kids.
Also not believing everything you hear on the internet is literally Internet 101. So like damn those must be some really dense or really naive teens. Because that's the first thing you pick up growing up on the Internet. Well that and "memes is funny."
Sha'irullah
رسول الآلهة
Don't read? HA! This is where I like to display a third of my collection I need another bookshelf so I can put the physical copies of the rest up but so be it because reading is power.
LeVar Burton would be proud of me
I need another bookshelf so I can put the physical copies of the rest up but so be it because reading is power. LeVar Burton would be proud of me
Don't read? HA! This is where I like to display a third of my collection
LeVar Burton would be proud of me
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That's a good start! By the time your my age you'll need your own study just to house your collection!
Sha'irullah
رسول الآلهة
I turned my room into my temporary study. Until I move out with my fiance I will just spend my time saving money while slowly altering my 3D design of my future house
. I always have legendary carpeting skills that just do not include plumbing experience so I am ready to build my home eventually. Having a whole extended family of engineers also helps!
Sensor
Member
No, I don't think so. When I was a child there were not so many gadgets which children from new generations adore so much instead of reading but anyway in my class only 5 people from 20 really liked to read. I suppose that this happens mostly because of the parents' example, in families where parents don't like to read, children usually don't like too. Also that can happen because some parents didn't work hard with teaching their children to read or pushed too much which created in their children an emotional disgust (one of my friends had such story)
And of course there are just some children who prefer other hobbies instead of reading, for this case it's ok.I think that situation became a bit worse maybe because of popularity of various gadgets, as I know some parents buy tablets and cool mobile phines for thei children in such early age that I really don't understand for what purpose. If a child becomes an addict to such tech devices, later it'll be really hard to get rid of this 'habit' and create in him interest for other things including reading. But in my opinion using gadgets in general isn't so bad if the time with them is controlled by parents, besides they are used often for various teaching games and some of them are devoted to learning alphabet and reading like Zebrainy ABC Wonderlands zebrainy.com/ . So gadgets can be even helpful in this case and I don't think that they're the main reason for the lack of interest for reading.
Well... Everything starts from family as always
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Well at least they would have to read for internet use of though I do wonder about spelling.
But hey, that's what spell checks for.
sandy whitelinger
Veteran Member
I anhor aughter corept.