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In reply to the discussion: Someone at dinner yesterday said to me: "Reading is becoming a privilege." The rest of the dinner [View all]yellowdogintexas
(23,765 posts)46. I was a reader from the time I was 5. My mom used to read to me when I wouldn't
go to sleep, and she read whatever she was reading at the time. I did the same with my daughter, who is a big reader too. She does Kindle and library books now rather that have books taking up space. Her daughter is a work in progress; even from a very young age, she did not want to be read to. she is getting better now that she is in the early stages of learning to reada.
My sisters were not readers when we were young, but my middle sister became an avid reader in her early 20s. Our younger sister never really got into reading but she married a serious reader and both their kids read voraciously
Most of my friends throughout my life have been readers. I think we are drawn to each other!
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Someone at dinner yesterday said to me: "Reading is becoming a privilege." The rest of the dinner [View all]
Raven
Dec 2024
OP
When I was a kid I LIVED to read, but had friends who never cracked open a book.
50 Shades Of Blue
Dec 2024
#2
I used to contort myself to read in bed by the light of my nightlight, LOL!
50 Shades Of Blue
Dec 2024
#17
I learned to read at the age of four because my older siblings wearied of reading to me. So they taught me to read.
Ping Tung
Dec 2024
#7
If you think kids are reading books on their phones and tablets, you're kidding yourselves
Ex Lurker
Dec 2024
#58
I don't see how "privilege" comes into it. If kids don't want to read, it doesn't mean
Scrivener7
Dec 2024
#5
My mother instilled a love of reading in me and I was reading any time I wasn't drawing.
Diamond_Dog
Dec 2024
#32
I think whis is what I'm worried about. I know this is happening where I live. The kids are
Raven
Dec 2024
#16
What's going on here? Technology is what's going on here. A lot of things have moved onto the Internet,
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2024
#18
I was a reader from the time I was 5. My mom used to read to me when I wouldn't
yellowdogintexas
Dec 2024
#46
It's a matter of concentration, rather than the specific media that delivers information.
LudwigPastorius
Dec 2024
#31
Reading was once a privilege. Now reading, or rather NOT reading, is a choice.
RockRaven
Dec 2024
#35
"What is going on here?" Nothing big.....just the end of civilization. Sarcasm not intended.
albacore
Dec 2024
#38
Bingo! This is exactly what worries me. And I'm talking about reading to acquire knowledge, not just to
Raven
Dec 2024
#64
Posts on social media....and even DU ... have to be short. Otherwise..."TLDR"..
albacore
Dec 2024
#72
...and I have a significant reading addiction... but I'm an "old" person @ 55
FirstLight
Dec 2024
#48
Reading is not a privilege. Reading is a skill that takes years to develop. It helps if you grow up in a family where
Martin68
Dec 2024
#70