Have you ever read a book to a child?

[readsbyarun]

I cultivated the reading habit since I was a child. I still remember my first read was a book of Peter Pan.

[Bigwig1973]

I read to my daughters for a half hour a night, six nights a week starting when they were pretty young and it continued until they were probably ten or eleven. At some point, we all took turns reading - I think ten minutes each. They could both read at around the age of 4, but I don't think they actually understood until much later. We had a lot of fun - they giggled most at the part in "Bunnicula" when the bunny gets "t-boned" by Harold and Chester and during the James Herriot story "Venus" in which a veterinarian gets himself into a little trouble and his attempt to get out of his predicament causes his son to roll on the ground laughing. Both times my daughters were laughing so hard they had tears rolling down their faces. However, they cried when I read parts of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" to them. I felt horrible and still do...

[Essywa]

Never, but I don't mind trying.

[Jaidyn Taylor]

I used to read to my little brother. He hates reading but he did love listening to me read...his favorite series that I read were Fablehaven by Brandon Mull and the Eragon series. It’s a very fond memory and I can’t wait until my son is old enough to understand chapter books. Fablehaven will be the first book I read to him.

[Imanijohn]

No. But I'm looking forward to it.

[Ldpuff]

I have two children and I read to them all of the time. Being a teacher, I know the true value of introducing reading to children at a young age.

[emidio125]

Surprisingly, I have never did it. No-one did that to me when I was a child, I think that is the reason why.

[zainherb]

Nooe. I think it would be fun though.

[EddyFiend]

Before COVID, I used to always read books to my younger cousin whenever I visited. It's fun.

[Starling99]

I read often to my kids as I really wanted them to enjoy books- and they are all book lovers now.
I enjoyed reading picture books to them as I found them so cleverly written and the illustrations are amazing. I don't really enjoy reading chapter books to them as I prefer reading myself in my head but will usually alternate reading chapters with them if I'm trying to get them to read a classic that they aren't that enthusiastic about- when we read it together we definitely get more out of it. As our read aloud we are currently reading "Hound of Baskervilles". When I'm reading to kids, I notice references to things that are racist and sexist and not at all acceptable but previously when I read the same books myself I didn't think anything of it.

[Cwilde13]

I have never had the opportunity to read a book to a child, but it is one of the many things that I look forward to when I have children of my own.