Kids Reading Too Much? Blame the E-Reader (559 hits)
Next time you fret about the amount of time you, your friends or your offspring are spending with their e-readers, take heart. You are part of a growing trend: reading.
Last November Kristina Chew wrote a Care2 Causes post that posed a question on a lot of parents’ minds: In the choice between an e-book or a paper book, which is best for kids? She weighed both sides and handed it to readers to come to their own conclusions.
Then in February Julie Rodriguez reported on an online survey that looked at reading habits of teens and children that had some surprising results:
[W]hile children 12 and under consider e-books “fun” and “cool,” teenagers 13-17 are the least likely out of any age group to read e-books. That’s right: both 5-year-olds and 40-year-olds are more likely to read an e-book than your tech-savvy, constantly-texting 16-year-old is.
As long as they are reading, that's the important thing.
Friday, July 20th 2012 at 2:38AM
Steve Williams
This is a terrific development. Makes reading so much more fun and easy! One of my biggest thrills was watching my granddaughter reading my book on her NOOK.
Yes indeed... its nice that the kids of the tech era are honing their reading skills with media they find most comfortable. The results are spectacular! I think its time for me to buy an e-reader for my child although I still like him reading paper books. It's nice to have more than one option, eh?
