Reading Nowadays

not so today's youth do not read many books because there are many technologies. but everything depends on the parents for how we educate them. because everything depends on us. but many young people do not want to read because everything on your computer and sit there to read. books really languish in obscurity. nice day!

My teenage daughters love books. They are always asking me to buy them certain books. I think they each got 5 for Christmas last year. However, they don't like the required readings from school. In fact my 15 year old rarely reads the books. The required reading is not interesting. I know they have to read LITERATURE in school, but can't they give them something interesting to read? Shakespeare doesn't cut it. In that case, THANK GOD for the internet. You can get all those writings translated into language we understand on the internet. My oldest daughter was a closet reader when she was younger. She liked to read but it wasn't cool so reading a book at lunch at school or on the bus was definitely out of the question. Her books never left the house. I carry a book with me everywhere I go. Never know when you're going to have time to kill, like in a doctor's waiting room. I also think kids learn by example. I have always been a big reader. I love books. I have shelves and shelves of them. I think they see me read and they want to read. It is important for our generation to keep the reading wheel turning. Start them young and let them see how much you enjoy reading for yourself.

I am an avid reader, can't stand to go too long without a book and if I am, I either pick up a book I already read many times, or I'll pick up the encyclopedia..(Yeah I know strange, my oldest daughter does this too) I remember both my mom and older sister reading, though not as much as I do, so I believe that is one of the keys, the other key is to find a book a child is interested in. Some children enjoy books on horses, but my son wouldn't like it, he rather read fantasy with unreal villains and good guys. Give my son a book on sports, it will sit, untouched, but give him one of the "Magic Treehouse" books, and he will pick it up and read it cover to cover, while I am also reading my book..:)

Not all kids dislike reading. I have a 9 year old sister who adores reading. Her nose is always in a book, which is totally awesome. I agree though, that technology seems to distract kids from learning as well as reading. Which is a shame, but that's the age we're in right now unfortunately.

There's probably some truth to that. My son however loves to read as well as play computer games. He reads not only books, but he also loves to read about things in Wikipedia ever since he saw that it had also pictures. He's 8 now and in in second grade of primary school. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it really depends on the parents. We've instilled in our son the value and fun of reading. My wife and I read books and we make sure that when we read, my son sees it. A child usually would do what their parents also do.

Hello friend, Reading is a very good thing for our knoeledge. But you are right. The new genation is not like the readings. But it is very bad. We should teach them. Have a nice day.

I think children like everything that is new but it does not have to be technologically based. I think that if children are read to and then on learning to read are encouraged to continue to do so they will read books, event though there are hundreds of things that they can do, they will read if they enjoy it. The problem is when they associate reading to being a chore like when doing homework and not something that is fun like being online, that applies to everyone people young and old dislike doing things because they have to. The fact that online we also read a lot, how many articles, news items and notes to we read online every day. I have mentioned on another discussion how I once wanted to print out an article that I was reading only to realize it was close on a hundred pages long, but since I only saw it onscreen it never seemed that long.

hmm...well Iagree with you but not entirely. let's put it this way, the internet can also be consider as a book, through it you can look, read and also write. it's like a modern book or a box of both old and new book that you can look at and read easily without any restrictions and limitations. also it's much more easier to do research with the use of internet but you shouldn't always depend on the net to do your homework for you...reading books can also be useful since what you see in the net originated from those thick juicy pages. and maybe you can even discover more information about what ever you were reading on in the book, since it's fully informed?..haha,....

I still read books, my child reads books, and I push for my students to ready. They have the extrinsic motivation of earning coupons for free pizzas at the local pizza place. Yes, they spend more time on the computer than they do reading, but books are still out there, they may just change format a bit.

Maybe some children indeed like this,they do not like reading books anymore,but anyway,there are some children who still love reading.And only books could make them feel full about knowledges.lol

When you write reading, did you mean reading books? because i think even if the kid use the internet, they still read, only it's not book they're reading, it's an internet content. i'm one of those who don't like read a lot of words, such as novel... but i enjoy movies, and many movies are adapted from novel, so i think i a way i still learning something, it's just not from books, it's from movies. Same way with other reading material such as science... i enjoy learning them from youtube rather than from a book with full of words, but just because i'm not interested in reading a lot of words, it doesn't mean i don't want to learn something, it's just the method i enjoy more is through a more visual than just words.

i think reading on internet or book is quite same for me and it doesn't matter i guess as along as not to skip the content of what we're reading about. The same thing with THE defferent media..;)

hi cearn, There are children who loves to read even today. I agree the computer and internet has made their playing outdoor games limited as well as reading too. But we even find e-library too. My children loves to do only the games and they do read the stories of the weekly magazines.

I think you're right. Books have too many rivals and kids nowadays are getting more and more impatient.

Hi cearn25, Yes, instead of reading books, the internet and computer games are now taking over the kid's time. To bring back the love for reading, maybe parents should help kids manage their time. Allot some time for reading books, and some time for computer games. Focus more time in reading activities to enhance reading and language skills. Computer games is alright, but time spent doing this should be done in moderation.