I don't have a particular favorite book, but I do have thoughts on how important it is for parents to read to their children from a very young age.
I have 4 girls of my own and thus exposed to several parents who some read to their kids and others who have never. I have known parents who promote more TV, than books and education etc. For the last 13 years I have been watching children as mine grow up and looking at other on how they bring up children. Not to say I'm doing anything right, or that any other parent is wrong, that's not my point here, its just an observation on children behavior, about kids that have a parent reading and bonding with the child vs those who use the TV as a sitter till bed time.
Christopher Koster
Billy Goat Soaps
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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I agree 100% I have memories of reading to my daughter when she couldn't yet hold her own head up. In the beginning it was a bonding experience for both of us. I love books and wanted her to feel my love of books, everything from the look of the font, the feel of the paper and the meaning of the words. As she got older we read more,soon she was reading to me and then we both read to her children. Her children are now in elementary school and love books. A favorite outing is the library or the bookstore. We don't even need to buy anything, the senses of these amazing places are enough. Oh, my daughter, the one who was read to from birth...she is a Stanford Graduate who reads and writes voraciously
Linda Crawford
http://www.chicoparty.com
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