Guilty
The proliferation of video games, internet sites and of course television have all been blamed for the downfall of reading. I would like to think that I have this ideal house in which only reading is done. No stupid electronic crap enters my or my kids' heads.
So it is with great embarrassment that I admit that one son plays his DS until he falls asleep. Another son listens to Elvis on his iPod. At least my 4 year old daughter pretends to play school and "reads" books to her imaginary class.
Another reason why I won't be on-line tomorrow is to remind myself that I too need to read. To show my kids how it is done.
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I posted about it here:
http://cannedlaffs.com/day-to-read-2009/
I'm also going to promote this on Twitter.
Enjoy your books!
Fireball got a DS for Christmas and plays it a LOT. However, one of the rules for getting it was that it does not go into her bedroom. So, when it's bedtime - which is also "lay in bed and read" time for her - no DS. And Pink Guy can't/won't go to sleep without his iPod plugged into his combo alarm clock/speaker setup ... and playing Metallica or AC/DC.
(I'm also ashamed to admit that we have both a PS2 AND a Wii - although the Wii at least encourages SOME physical activity.)
Also guilty.
I came over via the poppet. I will be posting about this today to help you out. I'll also mention it on Plurk. Thanks for the wonderful idea.
TxPoppet called me out. I'm joining in. Granted, I future-posted saying where I will be, but I'm with ya. I miss losing myself in a really good book!
it's hard to keep electronics and modern hobbies out of the house I'm sure. But as long as books are a common sight as well...
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