Parenting
2 picks
- When a Child Doesn't Like Reading, Start by Stopping
When a child doesn't like reading, the instinct is to add things: charts, rewards, rules. The kinder place to start is the opposite. What to stop doing first, and why it works better than one more plan.
- Nobody Called It the Slow Group. Every Child Knew Anyway.
Every classroom has one: the reading group nobody names and every child can point to. This is for the children at that table, and for the parents wondering whether theirs is one of them.
- What They're Reading at 2 A.M.
We like to say teenagers don't read anymore. Plenty of them are awake at two in the morning reading on a screen. What that reading is for, and the one question worth asking them.
- 5 Ways to Help a Reluctant Reader Finish a Book
A mystery instead of a chapter, a line to stop on, a ritual instead of an assignment, and two more ideas. Written from a writer's side of the page, for parents who want a reluctant reader to reach the last one.