Why don't children read books today?

i agree with you. i remembered arguing with my ex-husband bout raising our kids reading books. he insisted that everything is on the internet so why bother. i love books. i still make it a point to read book everyday. i want my children to experience the tranquility reading books give... i read books under the trees in our garden, on the hammock... really wonderful.

CAuse kids likes to play online games in computers or rather play outside rather than sitting and reading till you fall asleep

Technology is the "in" thing now-a-days. Children would rather be on the computer or infront of a game or TV. I will say that not all kids are this way. My oldest daughter loves to read and it's hard to find her without a book. She likes the computer as well, don't get me wrong, but you will find her with a book more than you see her infront of the TV.

Coz of so many informational programs on tv provided by the media and theres internet that is very informative and graphics full on which kids nowadays love to see.

The emphasis today is on television, movies, and video games. Children become addicted to these electronic babysitters, and only read books when teachers insist. It is up to teachers, parents, grandparents and other adults involved in children's lives to encourage them to read. Begin by reading to them, and send an example for them by letting them see you read.

Because GAMES are on season all year round. I never read books when I was a kid though. I started when I was in high school. But I still don't read books so often.

Technology is too advanced. Everything else is more intriguing to them (video games, tv). I have a 6 year old son and it's all I can do to get him to go outside and play on a nice day!

Hi Rajasir, Times have changed, but I think many children still read books. Of course reference books will be pretty much a thing of the past, but lets face it, nothing can replace the classics. Book stores are still doing a good business, so there is still hope. Blessings.

I have loved reading since I was a small child. My Mother taught me to read long before I went to school. She is amazing - she can still recite poems she learned as a child. She is 79 now and she still remembers them. She taught me to love books. When I was growing up, I read daily. I still try to read something every day. I have a small book collection (about 300) and they are all my treasures. I don't buy new books, usually; I buy used ones and try to preserve them. I taught my daughter to read and to love reading. Together we have a nice collection of classics and children's classics. I just can't imagine not loving reading. I thought my grandchildren didn't like reading until I saw what they were reading. I started buying them classics for Christmas and birthday presents and they love them. A lot of the books for children now are just plain silly and vapid. It's like they think children are not capable of deep thought, but they are. They just have to be given the opportunity.

Personally i love to read books and especially by some of those authors you mentioned. However whenever i talk about any of those book or other resembling them i cant find anyone else who has read any of them. I think kids get what they should be getting from books from movies. I really hope reading makes a comeback because it would be a sad day if movies replaced reading.

I have a nine year old son and he loves books. I started reading to him at the age of 6 months and started taking him to the library as a pre schooler. I think that parents have to encourage their child to develop a love of books. I get upset if I don't have a book to read. This week I have read 4 books~ I love reading!

Because there is so much other entertainment that interests them, so they would rather do this.

I agree with you too, The man point of why they don't read Is the internet and the television, They don't like too read If they can watch it in the tv, They don't recognize that its more beautiofuller if you read a book than watching in the tv the same book, Anyway, Its sad to know that the next generation doesn't really likes to read, Even from our generation there are many people who don't like to read, Well I do like to read and I will read all my life, Greet.

I have a 2 year old and he loves books. I hope we can keep his interest in books and reading. We read in the mornings when he wakes up and read to him at night before he goes to bed. Which is nice since it helps him to calm down from playing all day.

There is much too much to entertain kids these days besides books, so much vying for their attention, that I don't think they prize the experience as much as we might have in the past. However, me and my kids have loved reading the Harry Potter series, the Artemis Fowl series and others. I have always loved reading, and eventhough my kids don't do it as much as I did, I still find my daughter buying the occassional book on her own and my younger boys looking forward to the next book in the series. I love the fact now that I can read a really good book and then go on-line and find someone else to chat about it. That's something I just couldn't do when I was growing up.