Comments on: 6 Ways to Encourage Children to Read http://www.literatureyoungadultfiction.com/6-ways-to-encourage-children-to-read/ YA Readers Reviewing Books. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:17:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Vicki Vance http://www.literatureyoungadultfiction.com/6-ways-to-encourage-children-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Vicki Vance Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:47:11 +0000 http://www.literatureyoungadultfiction.com/?p=542#comment-507 My 10 year old was grounded for the whole summer for shoplifting (repeat offense). I removed ALL ELECTRONICS; 1/2 hour a day on the phone for good behavior was her only contact with friends. She was bored silly, but the stacks of books I left her with became her salvation, and at 20, she is an avid reader. It seems harsh, but in this age of high stimulation, I think that the only way for some kids to get hooked on reading is to put them in an immersion environment for an extended period. Although my daughter still refers to that summer as proof that I was a "bad mother", it broke her shoplifting habit, and gave her a treasure, so I am at peace. Vicki Vance My 10 year old was grounded for the whole summer for shoplifting (repeat offense). I removed ALL ELECTRONICS; 1/2 hour a day on the phone for good behavior was her only contact with friends.

She was bored silly, but the stacks of books I left her with became her salvation, and at 20, she is an avid reader.

It seems harsh, but in this age of high stimulation, I think that the only way for some kids to get hooked on reading is to put them in an immersion environment for an extended period.

Although my daughter still refers to that summer as proof that I was a “bad mother”, it broke her shoplifting habit, and gave her a treasure, so I am at peace.

Vicki Vance

]]> By: First Mate Keira http://www.literatureyoungadultfiction.com/6-ways-to-encourage-children-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-169 First Mate Keira Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:00:14 +0000 http://www.literatureyoungadultfiction.com/?p=542#comment-169 Librarians are excellent! We got a lot of good book series ideas from ours didn't we? :) Librarians are excellent! We got a lot of good book series ideas from ours didn’t we? :)

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