The things children see can have a profound impact on them. A single image, even a seemingly banal one, can change a child’s life. For me, that image was my dad reading a book.
This is a thoughtful and important piece. Thank you... Children learn not only from what fathers tell them, but from what they repeatedly see us doing. A father quietly reading sends a powerful message: books, curiosity and learning matter. In an age of relentless digital distraction, rebuilding a culture of reading at home may be one of the simplest and most valuable gifts that fathers can give their children.
You are absolutely right. I saw my dad reading all the time. And he was not an academic. He worked for a steel mill, but my dad was a reader. So I was a reader too. And when my son was little I read to him all the time. He could read before he was 4 years old. and he is his 40s now and he is still a reader. But what is heartbreaking is that he has no son to read to. He is part of that generation that doesn't want to have children. Although I taught my son to read, and I taught my son how to start a business, I feel like I failed him because he does not feel inspired to be a father.
Charlotte Mason has a wonderful list of books. We homeschool, reading and read aloud is an essential part of our day. My oldest must start the day with reading at least a chapter of his novel and then provide a narration for what happened and what he predicts might happen. We memorize poetry and study composers and artists. There is so much beauty in this world and I hope students of all ages get to sample it.
This is a thoughtful and important piece. Thank you... Children learn not only from what fathers tell them, but from what they repeatedly see us doing. A father quietly reading sends a powerful message: books, curiosity and learning matter. In an age of relentless digital distraction, rebuilding a culture of reading at home may be one of the simplest and most valuable gifts that fathers can give their children.
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You are absolutely right. I saw my dad reading all the time. And he was not an academic. He worked for a steel mill, but my dad was a reader. So I was a reader too. And when my son was little I read to him all the time. He could read before he was 4 years old. and he is his 40s now and he is still a reader. But what is heartbreaking is that he has no son to read to. He is part of that generation that doesn't want to have children. Although I taught my son to read, and I taught my son how to start a business, I feel like I failed him because he does not feel inspired to be a father.
Charlotte Mason has a wonderful list of books. We homeschool, reading and read aloud is an essential part of our day. My oldest must start the day with reading at least a chapter of his novel and then provide a narration for what happened and what he predicts might happen. We memorize poetry and study composers and artists. There is so much beauty in this world and I hope students of all ages get to sample it.