Parents should take responsibility for encouraging children to read

It isn’t the fault of children if they don’t read. It is up to parents to encouraging them by example. For instance, if they never see their parents concentrating on reading a book, children cannot be blamed for sitting with an iPhone or pc game. 

This emerges from a survey by the National Literacy Trust which found that fewer children than previously are reading, whilst more than 12% admit to feeling embarrassed at reading in front of friends, and to being scared of being regarded as a ‘geek’.

www.literacytrust.org.uk/assets/0000/7665/Family_reading_survey.pdf