Do You Think Habit of Reading Books Has Got Reduced In Today's Youth ?

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Yes Yes and Yes. It is all about video games now a days. Sad but true. I love to read, did as a kid. I also loved to play outside, even as a teen I was always out and about, playing fast pitch, danceline, etc.....Parents have just let their kids be lazy. My kids have game systems, I am not against them, but there are strict limits. And they also have to spend 1 hour reading. Whether it be informational reading or fiction. They also keep journals. I am glad that both my kids have taken to the joy of reading, I have read to them since they were in the womb. If we dont try to make a change now what will the future hold for todays children?

I am afraid that modern technology has overtaken reading books,with the invention of all of the computer games,x boxes,Play stations and Nintendo games that are lurking nowadays the books have taken a back seat.I know from my own family that getting the kids to do their reading for their homework is a tough job,they are always saying why are they not allowed to play on their computer games for a while longer.When we were children we loved to read and it was one of our biggest hobbies,we belonged to a book club and looked forward to the next months book.Many of the books now end up as films and are regularly shown in the cinema,hence the children would rather wait and see the film.It seems to be a no win situation,unless of course you are fortunate enough to have a bookworm for a child.At school our books used to be covered in a clear sticky film that kept them dirt free and sticky fingers free,nowadays I could not envisage any child going to the extent of covering one of their books.

I am guessing that kids don't read books as much as us older people read as children, just because of the internet, tv, and video games. However, I definitely do think that the quality of books that children do read has gone down. A lot of children like the sci-fi and horror books - it seems to me at least. Now, I have no problem with any kind of book. Personally, I don't like horror anything but sci-fi is great for the imagination. However, I really don't think alot of kids nowadays read the classics - Kipling, Dickens, Tolstoy, Conrad, etc... or just books with a message - know what I mean?

The habit of reading is only persued when there is a power failure or while travelling. Internet has totally killed this habit. People prefer chatting and blogging rather than reading books.

I think the youth of today prefer to read fictional books. Or they might prefer to read online articles or ebook since everything can be found on the Internet nowadays. It's faster and cheaper as well. You can easily replace any newspaper with CNN.com nowadays. :)

You have chosen an excellent topic and I thank you for it.Yes indeed reading has been greatly reduced in these modern times.While modern technology is to blame,I will also blame it on parents and teachers for not encouraging young people to learn to love reading.The younger generation on the other hand,are displaying a lot of laziness and slothfulness where reading is concerned.

I do think that books have taken a back seat by some for the internet, game systems, and all the other new things out. Im still a reader and it has been passed on to most of our children. We enjoy reading and have been caught reading to each other as we read, as if we laugh or whisper to ourselves, someone is always ... what what what .. lol I do think thou that it isnt like it used to be, Im still thankful for books and I know most of my kids are. They can take you to another world!!

I know it looks on the surface that books are not that popular but just look at the Harry Potter books and how the kids could not wait to get the newest one. If a book is good then children love them. When I was young TV was new and there were no computers so books did not have a lot of competition. While there is a lot of competition for books now I think they are still popular and it is up to parents and schools and libraries to encourage children to discover the joys of reading and working with their imagination. It is so different to films.

I do agree with you that habit of reading has has definitely decreased in today's Youth. What I have been observing during travel that most of these youngsters hold a book in their hands, just for show-off, without reading it.

Yes I agree the habit of reading has gone low on the youth today. With TV, Internet, and Video games a lot of kids don't seem to enjoy reading anymore/ Too bad they miss out a lot of good books. Maybe it's about time that they are encouraged to go read a book.

hi akrao, for me right now as a young mom, I'd really like to read, to raise a child is not easy, I need guide from a lot of books, but I think as a teenager or students, I like to hang out with all my friends better than I have to spent my time to read, hope my response can help, bye..

yep, i am with you. The space of the modern society is so busy that people do not like to spent much time on reading. Nowdays, there are more and more talking books on Internet which can be download for free. People prefer listen to the talking books when they are doing other things at the same time to read the books. I believe that reading is not only the way to obtain the knowledge, but also the feeling of reading itself.

Hi! I think so. Well, I am a reader, and I do know some people of my age who loves to read, too. However, I admit that most of my age are not fond of reading. Most would rather go out and 'chill' as they say. Many are also so into watching, chatting, and video games. Dont get me wrong, I do these things, too, except for 'chillin' out'. (I do go out, to watch movies to do a little shopping when needed, or when it is time for refilling the grocery stock.. :P ) But as to reading, not a lot of people of my age appreciate this kind of hobby. Though I dont usually go to libraries, I buy or borrow books. In fact, it is because of this hobby that I know quite a lot of things many youth doesnt, or dont even care.

What time frame are we talking about here? And what country? In Britain, 100 years ago the "youth" did not read, most of them couldn't. Even fifty years ago most children had very low reading skills and were not expected to be able to read (my great grandfather was taught to read by his wife!). People talk about reading and it's growth or decline as if everyone ever had always read. The idea that we should all be able to read and should be reading regularly is pretty modern. The idea that children should be reading as a pastime is even more modern. Even in my childhood years it was thought by most adults I knew that I shouldn't be reading as much as I was; I should have been playing with dolls and... well the other things little girls are supposed to play with (the fact I spent the majority of my daylight hours in the park playing football and tag seemed to have eluded them). No one ever said of my little sister that she should have been reading more (she's not the studious type) instead of playing outside. Suddenly, in the 21st century everyone has decided that all kids, everywhere, should enjoy reading, completely forgetting that many children simply do not like reading and frankly will never be very good at it. All those kids that would once have sat around bored when the sun set and the winters dragged on can now play computer games or watch movies... or, if they want to they will read. That's the crux of it; the children that like reading and want to read WILL read. The children that do not like reading and do not want to read for fun simply won't. There is nothing anyone can do about this. You take away their computers, their board games, you lock them in a room with a hundred books and they still will not read for enjoyment. Actually, that's quite possibly my sister's version of hell; she claims to get headaches just standing in bookshops. People say that there is so much competition from other forms of entertainment... do they think that reading is so boring then, that it cannot stand up to TV and computer games for those that enjoy reading?

I don't think it has reduced. It's probably impossible because books are used in schools. So reading them aren't avoidable. Everyone I know has a habit of purchasing books and reading them. So I don't think the habit reduced. I think another proof is the fact that bookstores actually run out of stock of some books. There are lots of new books.. So I guess, they wouldn't be written or published if there's the danger of less readers.