[Libcat99]

It's becoming a lot harder to push a love for reading. The modern world has a lot more competing for my kids time and attention than I feel like I had as a kid. For me, reading was a natural way to pass the time (and I caries a book everywhere I went!) while I feel like for them it's the last thing on their minds.

[7thaccount]

This is absolutely true. However, I've noticed that teaching them to get comfortable with reading and limiting the screen time (TV, video games) means that they'll shift to reading or physical activities when bored or when they run out of screen time... especially if you let them pick out the books they want.

I have a friend that has a kid that only wants to play Minecraft....she complains he won't do anything else...but then she enables that by giving him so much screen time. I think if you handle certain things the right way, the problem will sort itself outside certain disabilities.

[Libcat99]

One frustrating point is that the kids have school provided electronics as well these days.

While I'm not against that, it does prevent a challenge to screen time. They have homework to do and will be doing it until you look away, then suddenly they're back on youtube.

We had to restrict even the school devices to public areas of the home, which is unfortunate.

[7thaccount]

Yep. I was a little dismayed that my kid was using a tablet for hours at school. I think textbooks are probably healthier with the amount of screen time kids get at home now.